Germ-line mosaicism in tuberous sclerosis: How common?

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 986-992

  Rose, Verna M ^a   Au, Kit Sing ^a   Pollom, Gretchen ^a   Roach, E Steve ^b   Prashner, Heather R ^a   Northrup, Hope ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GERM LINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0033358599     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302322     Document Type: Article

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