Ataxia-telangiectasia: Identification and detection of founder-effect mutations in the ATM gene in ethnic populations

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 86-97

  Telatar, Milhan ^a   Teraoka, Sharon ^b   Wang, Zhijun ^a   Chun, Helen H ^a   Liang, Teresa ^a   Castellvi Bel, Sergi ^a   Udar, Nitin ^a   Borresen Dale, Anne Lise ^c   Chessa, Luciana ^d   Bernatowska Matuszkiewicz, Eva ^e   Porras, Oscar ^f   Watanabe, Mitsunori ^g   Junker, Anne ^h   Concannon, Patrick ^b   Gatti, Richard A ^a,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^f National Children's Hospital   (Costa Rica)

^g GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; COSTA RICA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; IRELAND; ITALY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; NORWAY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0343380661     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301673     Document Type: Article

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