Linkage disequilibrium of common Gaucher disease mutations with a polymorphic site in the pyruvate kinase (PKLR) gene

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 233-236

  Rockah, Rivkah ^a,d   Narinsky, Ronit ^a,d   Frydman, Moshe ^b,d   Cohen, Ian J ^c,d   Zaizov, Rina ^c,d   Weizman, Abraham ^a,d   Frisch, Amos ^a,d  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Founder effect; Gaucher disease; Glucocerebrosidase; Linkage disequilibrium; PKLR

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE; GLYCOLIPID; PYRUVATE KINASE;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GAUCHER DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; LIPID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ARABS; FOUNDER EFFECT; GAUCHER DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; JEWS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PYRUVATE KINASE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0031802457     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980707)78:3<233::AID-AJMG4>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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