Linkage disequilibrium analysis in Machado-Joseph disease patients of different ethnic origins

Human Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 620-624

  Gaspar, Claudia ^a,b   Lopes Cendes, Iscia ^a   DeStefano, Anita L ^c   Maciel, Patrícia ^a,b   Silveira, Isabel ^a,b   Coutinho, Paula ^d   MacLeod, Patrick ^e   Sequeiros, Jorge ^b   Farrer, Lindsay A ^c   Rouleau, Guy A ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^e VICTORIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; FEMALE; HAPLOIDY; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 10544251065     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050270     Document Type: Article

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