Homozygous and compound heterozygous mutations at the Werner syndrome locus

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1909-1913

  Oshima, Junko ^a   Yu, Chang En ^b   Piussan, Charles ^c   Klein, Georg ^d   Jabkowski, Jörg ^d   Balci, Sevim ^e   Miki, Tetsuro ^f   Nakura, Jun ^f   Ogihara, Toshio ^f   Ells, James ^g   Smith, Marilia De A C ^h   Melaragno, Maria I ^h   Fraccaro, Marco ⁱ   Scappaticci, Susi ⁱ   Matthews, John ^j   Ouais, Samir ^k   Jarzebowicz, Amy ^a   Schellenberg, Gerard D ^b   Martin, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^d Wilhelminenspitals der Stadt Wien   (Austria)

^e HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Nellis Air Force Base   (United States)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^j Group Health   (United States)

^k Damascus Hospital   (Syrian Arab Republic)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 10544231878     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.12.1909     Document Type: Article

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