Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts; A founder effect in Israeli patients and a higher than expected carrier rate among Libyan Jews

Human Genetics

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 214-218

  Ben Zeev, Bruria ^b,f   Levy Nissenbaum, Etgar ^a,f   Lahat, Hadas ^a,f   Anikster, Yair ^c   Shinar, Yael ^b   Brand, Nathan ^b,f   Gross Tzur, Varda ^d   MacGregor, Daune ^e   Sidi, Roy ^a   Kleta, Robert ^c   Frydman, Moshe ^a,f   Pras, Elon ^a,f  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN CYST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGALENCEPHALIC LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; LIBYA; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PEDIGREE;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0036705659     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-002-0770-y     Document Type: Article

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