Fanconi anemia in Tunisia: High prevalence of group A and identification of new FANCA mutations

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 352-361

  Bouchlaka, Chiraz ^a   Abdelhak, Sonia ^a   Amouri, Ahlem ^a   Ben Abid, Hela ^a,b   Hadiji, Sondes ^a,c   Frikha, Mounir ^a,d   Ben Othman, Tarek ^a,e   Amri, Fethi ^a,f   Ayadi, Hammadi ^a,g   Hachicha, Mongia ^a,d   Rebaï, Ahmed ^a,h   Saad, Ali ^a,i   Dellagi, Koussay ^a   Labbane, N ^a   Chakroun, S ^a   Benfadhel, M ^a   Aissaoui, L ^a   Belakhal, R ^a   Ali, Z Belhaj ^a   Meddeb, B ^a   Hafsia, A ^a   Elloumi, M ^a   Fakhfakh, F ^a   Abdelkafi, A ^a   Tordjman, L ^a   Mellouli, F ^a   Ladeb, S ^a   Ben Abdeladhim, A ^a   Sennana, H ^a   Elghezal, H ^a   Elomri, H ^a   Laatiri, A ^a   Khelif, A ^a   Ennabli, S ^a   Trudi, M ^a   more..

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b Hopital Aziza Othmana   (Tunisia)

^c HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^d HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^e CENTRE NATIONAL DE GREFFE DE MOELLE OSSEUSE   (Tunisia)

^f Hopital Regional de Kairouan   (Tunisia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^h CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

ⁱ FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Fanconi anemia; Genetic heterogeneity; Homozygosity mapping; Linkage analysis; Mutation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FAMILY; FANCA GENE; FANCONI ANEMIA; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTRON; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PANCYTOPENIA; TUNISIA;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FANCONI ANEMIA; FANCONI ANEMIA COMPLEMENTATION GROUP A PROTEIN; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTRONS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041971230     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-003-0037-z     Document Type: Article

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