Multiple hits during early embryonic development: Digenic diseases and holoprosencephaly

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1017-1032

  Ming, Jeffrey E ^a   Muenke, Maximilian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0036844229     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344412     Document Type: Article

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