Lack of linkage disequilibrium between transforming growth factor alpha taq I polymorphism and cleft lip with or without cleft palate in families from Northeastern Italy

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-206

  Scapoli, Luca ^a   Pezzetti, Furio ^a   Carinci, Francesco ^a   Martinelli, Marcella ^a   Carinci, Paolo ^a   Tognon, Mauro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL P); Complex disease; Linkage disequilibrium; Transforming growth factor alpha (TGFA); Transmission disequilibrium test (TDT)

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; HUMANS; ITALY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TAQ POLYMERASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

EID: 0031973663     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980113)75:2<203::AID-AJMG17>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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