The gene for leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter is located on chromosome 3q27

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 728-734

  Leegwater, Peter A J ^a,b   Könst, Andrea A M ^a   Kuyt, Bertus ^a   Sandkuijl, Lodewijk A ^c   Naidu, SakkuBai ^d   Oudejans, Cees B M ^a   Schutgens, Ruud B H ^a   Pronk, Jan C ^a   Van Der Knaap, Marjo S ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 3Q; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0033361759     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302548     Document Type: Article

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