Further refinement of Pendred syndrome locus by homozygosity analysis to a 0.8 cM interval flanked by D7S496 and D7S2425

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 202-204

  Mustapha, Mirna ^a,b   Azar, Sami T ^a   Moglabey, Yolla Bou ^a   Saouda, Myrna ^a   Zeitoun, Georges ^a   Loiselet, Jacques ^b   Slim, Rima ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Homozygosity analysis; Linkage; Pendred syndrome

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PENDRED SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031945128     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.35.3.202     Document Type: Article

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