Gaucher disease: The origins of the ashkenazi jewish N370S anti 84GG acid β-glucosidase mutations

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1821-1832

  Diaz, George A ^a   Gelb, Bruce D ^a   Risch, Neil ^b   Nygaard, Torbjoern G ^c   Frisch, Amos ^d,f   Cohen, Ian J ^e,f   Sa Miranda, Clara ^g   Amaral, Olga ^g   Maire, Irene ^h   Poenaru, Livia ⁱ   Caillaud, Catherine ^h   Weizberg, Moishe ^a   Mistry, Pram ^a   Desnick, Robert J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^f TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^h HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

ⁱ Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE;

ALGORITHM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; GAUCHER DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033910320     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302946     Document Type: Article

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