Mapping a gene for 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis by linkage analysis

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 530-535

  Jawaheer, D ^a   Juo, S H H ^b   Le Caignec, C ^c   David, A ^c   Petit, C ^d   Gregersen, P ^a   Dowbak, S ^a   Damle, A ^a   McElreavey, K ^d   Ostrer, Harry ^e  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^c NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

46.XY gonadal dysgenesis; Genetic mapping; Linkage analysis; Male sex determination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GONADAL DYSGENESIS, 46,XY; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; PEDIGREE;

EID: 10744230557     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2003.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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