Linkage disequilibrium mapping of the Nova Scotia variant of Niemann-Pick disease

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 248-255

  Greer, Wenda L ^a,c   Riddell, D C ^a   Murty, S ^a   Gillan, T L ^a   Girouard, G S ^a   Sparrow, S M ^a   Tatlidil, C ^a   Dobson, M J ^a   Neumann, P E ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Linkage disequilibrium mapping; Microsatellites; Niemann Pick type D

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; MICROSATELLITE DNA; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; DNA PRIMERS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASES; NOVA SCOTIA; PEDIGREE; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITES;

IMPLETA;

EID: 0033044278     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.1999.550406.x     Document Type: Article

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