Prenatal diagnosis and genetic analysis of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1014-1016

  Siminovitch, Katherine A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NOTE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME;

EID: 0346847518     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.745     Document Type: Note

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