Microphthalmia with linear skin defects (MLS), Aicardi, and Goltz syndromes: Are they related X-linked dominant male-lethal disorders?

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 289-296

  Van Den Veyver, I B ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN;

AICARDI SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GOLTZ SYNDROME; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MICROPHTHALMIA; MICROPHTHALMIA WITH LINEAR SKIN DEFECT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FOCAL DERMAL HYPOPLASIA; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC DISEASES, X-LINKED; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICROPHTHALMOS; SKIN ABNORMALITIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0344099463     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071606     Document Type: Review

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