Mutation and deletion of the pseudoautosomal gene SHOX cause Leri-Weill dyschondrosteosis

Nature Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-73

  Shears, Deborah J ^a   Vassal, Humberto J ^a   Goodman, Frances R ^a   Palmer, Rodger W ^b   Reardon, William ^a   Superti Furga, Andrea ^c   Scambler, Peter J ^a   Winter, Robin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DYSCHONDROSTEOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; LIMB MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031747158     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0198-70     Document Type: Article

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