Genetic studies of the Roma (Gypsies): A review

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Kalaydjieva, Luba ^a,b   Gresham, David ^a   Calafell, Francesc ^c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 1B1; GALACTOKINASE; GENE PRODUCT;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CATARACT; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; FACE DYSMORPHIA; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GIPSY; GLANZMANN DISEASE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH STATUS; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYASTHENIA; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POVERTY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0242267844     PISSN: 14712350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-2-5     Document Type: Review

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