Identification of an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance in paediatric Behçet's families by segregation analysis

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 122 A, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-118

  Molinari, N ^a   Paut, I Koné ^b   Manna, R ^c   Demaille, J ^d   Daures, J P ^a   Touitou, I ^d  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

Autosomal; Beh et disease; Genetic; Paediatric subgroup; Recessive; Segregation analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BEHCET DISEASE; DATA BASE; FAMILY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SIBLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141792127     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20136     Document Type: Article

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