Identity-by-descent approach to gene localisation in eight individuals affected by keratoconus from north-west Tasmania, Australia

Human Genetics

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 462-470

  Fullerton, Jan ^a   Paprocki, Patricia ^b   Foote, Simon ^a,c   Mackey, David A ^d,e   Williamson, Robert ^a   Forrest, Susan ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Liley and Paprocki Optometrists   (Australia)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d The Menzies Foundation   (Australia)

^e ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHROMOSOME 20Q; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERATOCONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PEDIGREE; TASMANIA;

EID: 0036590069     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-002-0705-7     Document Type: Article

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