A novel class of tests for the detection of mitochondrial DNA-mutation involvement in diseases

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1515-1526

  Sun, Fengzhu ^a   Cui, Jing ^b   Gavras, Haralambos ^b   Schwartz, Faina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; CALCULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0037677678     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375656     Document Type: Article

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