Prevalence of Bloom syndrome heterozygotes among Ashkenazi Jews [10]

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1241-1243

  Oddoux, C ^a   Clayton, C M ^a   Nelson, H R ^a   Ostrer, H ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BLOOM SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOSITY; JEW; LETTER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033361768     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302312     Document Type: Letter

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