Duplication of the proteolipid protein gene is the major cause of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1749-1754

  Sistermans, Erik A ^a   De Coo, René F M ^b   De Wijs, Ilse J ^b   Van Oost, Bernard A ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME XQ; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031801082     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.6.1749     Document Type: Article

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