Molecular background of the Finnish disease heritage

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 553-556

  Peltonen, Leena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Genetic diseases; Isolation; Linkage disequilibrium; Molecular genetics

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FINLAND; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC DRIFT; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031409125     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899709007481     Document Type: Conference Paper

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