Genetic refinement of the hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy (HNA) locus at chromosome 17q25

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 920-927

  Meuleman, Jan ^a,b   Kuhlenbäumer, Gregor ^a,b,c   Schirmacher, Anja ^c   Wehnert, Manfred ^d   De Jonghe, Peter ^a,b,e   De Vriendt, Els ^a,b   Young, Peter ^c   Airaksinen, Eila ^f   Pou Serradell, Adolfo ^g   Prats, José Maria ^h   Ringelstein, Bernd ^c   Stögbauer, Florian ^c   Van Broeckhoven, Christine ^a,b   Timmerman, Vincent ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^e ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy; Linkage analysis; Molecular genetics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 17Q; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER HAND SYNDROME; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0342980282     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200384     Document Type: Article

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