Clinical and molecular characteristics of Thai patients with achondroplasia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 429-433

  Shotelersuk, Vorasuk ^a,c   Ittiwut, Chupong ^a   Srivuthana, Sumarlee ^a   Wacharasindhu, Suthipong ^a   Aroonparkmongkol, Suphab ^b   Mutirangura, Apiwat ^a   Poovorawan, Yong ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

^c KING CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FGFR3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ACHONDROPLASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND;

ACHONDROPLASIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; MALE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 3; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; THAILAND;

EID: 0035381280     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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