Linkage analysis of the candidate genes of familial restless legs syndrome

Acta Genetica Sinica

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 325-329

  Li, Jing ^a,b   Hu, Lan Dian ^a   Wang, Wei Jun ^c   Chen, Yu Guang ^b   Kong, Xiang Yin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Clin Fact Accessories Gas Eugine   (China)

Author keywords

Candidate gene; Familial restless legs syndrome; Linkage analysis; Microsatellite marker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 0037396082     PISSN: 03794172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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