Identical mutation in 55% of the ATM alleles in 11 Norwegian AT families: Evidence for a founder effect

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-244

  Laake, Kirsten ^a   Telatar, Milhan ^b   Geitvik, Gry A ^a   Hansen, Rita Øien ^a   Heiberg, Arvid ^a   Andresen, Anne Marie ^a   Gatti, Richard ^b   Børresen Dale, Anne Lise ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ataxia Telangiectasia; ATM; DDGE; Founder effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILD; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE MUTATION; GENEALOGY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRUNCATION; STOP CODON;

ATAXIA; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA;

EID: 0031868136     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200181     Document Type: Article

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