19. Molecular epidemiology of Tay-Sachs disease

Advances in Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2001, Pages 233-252

  Risch, Neil ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GAUCHER DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; JEW; MUCOLIPIDOSIS; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAY SACHS DISEASE;

GAUCHER DISEASE; HUMANS; JEWS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUCOLIPIDOSES; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASES; TAY-SACHS DISEASE;

EID: 0035224855     PISSN: 00652660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2660(01)44083-1     Document Type: Review

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