A highly polymorphic CA/GT repeat (LIMK1GT) within the Williams syndrome critical region

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 226-227

  Mari, A ^a   Amati, F ^a   Conti, E ^a   Bengala, M ^a   Novelli, G ^a   Dallapiccola, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; ELASTIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AORTA SUPRAVALVULAR STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; HEMIZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHERITANCE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; SHORT STATURE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0031943161     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1998.tb02683.x     Document Type: Article

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