Hemizygous deletion of the HPC-1/syntaxin 1A gene (STX1A) in patients with Williams syndrome

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 49-51

  Nakayama, T ^a,b   Matsuoka, R ^c   Kimura, M ^c   Hirota, H ^c   Mikoshiba, K ^b   Shimizu, Y ^a   Shimizu, N ^d   Akagawa, K ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HEMIZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0031666318     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000015063     Document Type: Article

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