A gene for lymphedema-distichiasis maps to 16q24.3

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 427-432

  Mangion, J ^a   Rahman, N ^a   Mansour, S ^a   Brice, G ^a   Rosbotham, J ^a   Child, A H ^a   Murday, V A ^a   Mortimer, P S ^a   Barfoot, R ^a   Sigurdsson, A ^a   Edkins, S ^a   Sarfarazi, M ^b   Burnand, K ^a   Evans, A L ^a   Nunan, T O ^a   Stratton, M R ^a   Jeffery, S ^a,c  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN N PROTEINASE; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 16Q; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHEDEMA; MEIGE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

MEIBOMIA;

EID: 0033365204     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302500     Document Type: Article

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