Niemann-Pick disease type C

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-135

  Liscum, Laura ^a   Klansek, Judeth J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CHROMOSOME 18; FIBROBLAST; GENETIC LINKAGE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LYSOSOME STORAGE DISEASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASES; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031954188     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-199804000-00009     Document Type: Review

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