Localisation of a gene implicated in a severe speech and language disorder

Nature Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 168-170

  Fisher, Simon E ^a   Vargha Khadem, Faraneh ^b   Watkins, Kate E ^b   Monaco, Anthony P ^a   Pembrey, Marcus E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; PEDIGREE; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 0031940694     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0298-168     Document Type: Article

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