Genetic heterogeneity of Bardet-Biedl syndrome in a distinct Canadian population: Evidence for a fifth locus

Genomics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 2-9

  Woods, Michael O ^a   Young, Terry Lynn ^a   Parfrey, Patrick S ^a   Hefferton, Donna ^a   Green, Jane S ^a   Davidson, William S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BARDET BIEDL SYNDROME; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DYSTROPHY; TERATOLOGY;

EID: 0032963190     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1998.5626     Document Type: Article

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