Confirmation of linkage of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy to chromosome 14q11.2-q13

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 801-804

  Stajich, Jeffrey M ^a   Gilchrist, James M ^b   Lennon, Felicia ^a   Lee, Arnold ^a   Yamaoka, Larry ^a   Helms, Barbara ^a   Gaskell, Perry C ^a   Donald, Lauren ^b   Roses, Allen D ^a   Vance, Jeffrey M ^a   Pericak Vance, Margaret A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPHAGIA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS;

EID: 10544219602     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410400519     Document Type: Article

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