A third novel locus for primary autosomal recessive microcephaly maps to chromosome 9q34

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 724-727

  Moynihan, Leanne ^a   Jackson, Andrew P ^a   Roberts, Emma ^a   Karbani, Gulshan ^a   Lewis, Ian ^a   Corry, Peter ^b   Turner, Gwen ^a   Mueller, Robert F ^a   Lench, Nicholas J ^a,c   Woods, C Geoffrey ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Oxagen Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 9Q; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0033912946     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302777     Document Type: Article

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