Recent advances in elucidating Niemann-Pick C disease

Brain Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 163-174

  Vanier, Marie T ^a,b   Suzuki, Kinuko ^c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FILIPIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; STEROL;

CELL HYBRIDIZATION; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0031983861     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1998.tb00143.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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