Homozygosity mapping in families with Joubert syndrome identifies a locus on chromosome 9q34.3 and evidence for genetic heterogeneity

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1666-1671

  Saar, Kathrin ^a   Al Gazali, Lihadh ^b   Sztriha, László ^b   Rueschendorf, Franz ^a   Nur E Kamal, Mohammed ^b   Reis, André ^a   Bayoumi, Riad ^b,c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 9Q; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; JOUBERT SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ATAXIA; IRANIA;

EID: 0033358738     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302655     Document Type: Article

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