Biochemical and clinical studies in Libyan Jewish cystinuria patients and their relatives

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-176

  Pras, Elon ^a,b   Kochba, Ilan ^a   Lubetzky, Aharon ^a   Pras, Mordechai ^a,c   Sidi, Yechezkel ^a   Kastner, Daniel L ^d  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Cystinuria; Libyan Jews; Oral loading test

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CYSTINE; LYSINE; ORNITHINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTINURIA; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; LOADING TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; URINARY EXCRETION;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; CYSTINURIA; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; JEWS; LIBYA;

EID: 0031762370     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19981102)80:2<173::AID-AJMG16>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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