Complex inheritance of ABCR mutations in Stargardt disease: Linkage disequilibrium, complex alleles, and pseudodominance

Human Genetics

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 244-248

  Shroyer, Noah F ^a   Lewis, Richard Alan ^a   Lupski, James R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; STARGARDT DISEASE;

ALLELES; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; ROD OUTER SEGMENTS;

EID: 0034058085     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390051034     Document Type: Article

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