X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy: Phenotype distribution and expression of ALDP in Spanish kindreds

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 424-427

  Ruiz, M ^a   Coll, M J ^a   Pampols T ^a   Giros M ^a  

^a Institut de Bioquimica Clinica Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adrenoleukodystrophy phenotypes; ALDP; Peroxisomal disorders

Indexed keywords

ADDISON DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSAICISM; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; SPAIN; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032513549     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980413)76:5<424::AID-AJMG11>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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