Wilson disease mutations associated with uncommon haplotypes in Mediterranean patients

Human Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 640-642

  Loudianos, Georgios ^a   Dessì, Valeria ^b   Angius, Andrea ^b   Lovicu, Mario ^b   Loi, Angela ^b   Deiana, Manila ^b   Akar, Nejat ^c   Vajro, Pietro ^d   Figus, Annalena ^e   Cao, Antonio ^a,b,e   Pirastu, Mario ^b  

^a Osp Regionale per le Microcitemie   (Italy)

^b Ist Ric sulle Talassemie ed A   (Italy)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WILSON DISEASE;

ALBANIA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HAPLOIDY; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MUTAGENESIS; TURKEY;

EID: 10544236905     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050275     Document Type: Article

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