Refined mapping of the Welander distal myopathy region on chromosome 2p13 positions the new candidate region telomeric of the DYSF locus

Neurogenetics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 173-177

  Von Tell, Désirée ^a,b   Bruder, Carl E G ^b   Anderson, Louise V B ^c   Anvret, Maria ^b   Åhlberg, Gabrielle ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2p13; Distal myopathy; Dysferlin; Refined mapping; Welander

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 2P; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISTAL MYOPATHY; DNA FLANKING REGION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TELOMERE; WELANDER DISTAL MYOPATHY;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PEDIGREE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0141792245     PISSN: 13646745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10048-003-0154-z     Document Type: Article

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