Genetic mapping of a second myotonic dystrophy locus

Nature Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 196-198

  Ranum, Laura P W ^a   Rasmussen, Paul F ^a   Benzow, Kellie A ^a   Koob, Michael D ^a   Day, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHROMOSOME 19; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MYOTONIA; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0031811594     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/570     Document Type: Article

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