Twelve novel myosin VIIA mutations in 34 patients with usher syndrome type I: Confirmation of genetic heterogeneity

Human Mutation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-140

  Janecke, Andreas R ^a   Meins, Moritz ^a   Sadeghi, Mojy ^a   Grundmann, Kathrin ^a   Apfelstedt Sylla, Eckart ^b   Zrenner, Eberhart ^b   Rosenberg, Thomas ^c   Gal, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c National Eye Clinic for the Visually Impaired Denmark   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Genetic heterogeneity; Mutation screening; Myosin VIIA gene; Usher syndrome type I

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; USHER SYNDROME;

EID: 0032912744     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1999)13:2<133::AID-HUMU5>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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