Complement C7 deficiency: Seven further molecular defects and their associated marker haplotypes

Human Genetics

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 513-519

  Fernie, Barbara A ^a,b   Hobart, Michael J ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C6; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C7;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; DELETION MUTANT; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING;

COMPLEMENT C7; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0031754495     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050859     Document Type: Article

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