The ALX4 homeobox gene is mutated in patients with ossification defects of the skull (foramina parietalia permagna, OMIM 168500)

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 916-920

  Wuyts, W ^a   Cleiren, E ^a   Van Hul, W ^a   Homfray, T ^b   Rasore Quartino, A ^c   Vanhoenacker, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ALX4; DEFECT 11; FPP

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; MALE; PARIETAL FORAMEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL MALFORMATION;

EID: 0034530307     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.37.12.916     Document Type: Article

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