Involvement of patched (PTCH) gene in Gorlin syndrome and related disorders: Three family cases

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 533-538

  Šitum, Mima ^e   Levanat, Sonja ^a   Crnić, Ivana ^a   Pavelić, Božidar ^b   Macan, Darko ^c   Grgurević, Jakša ^b   Mubrin Končar, Mirjana ^d   Lipozenčić, Jasna ^e  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

^d SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Allelic loss; Basal cell nevus syndrome; Gorlin syndrome; LOH, loss of heterozigosity; Signal pathways

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032715363     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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