Haplotype study of West European and North African Unverricht-Lundborg chromosomes: Evidence for a few founder mutations

Human Genetics

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-262

  Moulard, Bruno ^a   Genton, Pierre ^b   Grid, Djamel ^c   Jeanpierre, Marc ^d   Ouazzani, Reda ^e   Mrabet, Amel ^f   Morris, Mike ^g   LeGuern, Eric ^h   Dravet, Charlotte ^b   Mauguière, Francois ⁱ   Utermann, Barbara ^j   Baldy Moulinier, Michel ^k   Belaidi, Halima ^e   Bertran, Françoise ^l   Biraben, Arnaud ^m   Chérif, André Ali ⁿ   Chkili, Taieb ^e   Crespel, Arielle ^k   Darcel, Françoise ^o   Dulac, Olivier ^p   Geny, Christian ^q   Humbert Claude, Véronique ^r   Kassiotis, Philippe ^s   Buresi, Catherine ^a   Malafosse, Alain ^a   more..

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE SAINT PAUL   (France)

^c GÉNÉTHON   (France)

^d Genetics Molecular Biochemistry ^*  (France)

^e IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^f CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^h PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^j Inst for Med Biol and Hum Genet   (Austria)

^k GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^l CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^m PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁿ TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^o CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^p HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^q Pau Hospital   (France)

^r HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

^s Vannes Hospital   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN B;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; FINLAND; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MARKER; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NORTH AFRICA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SCANDINAVIA; WESTERN EUROPE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AFRICA, NORTHERN; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSANGUINITY; CYSTATINS; DNA; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; UNVERRICHT-LUNDBORG SYNDROME;

EID: 0036765816     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-002-0755-x     Document Type: Article

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