Evidence of somatic and germinal mosaicism in pseudo-low-penetrant hereditary retinoblastoma, by constitutional and single-sperm mutation analysis [2]

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1903-1907

  Munier, F L ^a   Thonney, F ^a   Girardet, A ^a   Balmer, A ^a   Claustre, M ^a   Pellestor, F ^a   Senn, A ^a   Pescia, G ^a   Schorderet, D F ^a  

^a HÔPITAL OPHTALMIQUE JULES GONIN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILY HISTORY; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC LINKAGE; LETTER; MOSAICISM; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PENETRANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; SOMATIC MUTATION; SPERM;

EID: 0032471852     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302138     Document Type: Letter

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