Hereditary gingival fibromatosis (HGF) with hypertrichosis is unlinked to the HGF1 and HGF2 loci [3]

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 312-314

  Mangino, Massimo ^b   Pizzuti, Antonio ^a,b   Dallapiccola, Bruno ^b   Bonfante, Aldo ^c   Saccilotto, Donatella ^c   Cucchiara, Elena ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Bassano del Grappa Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GINGIVA FIBROMATOSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS, GINGIVAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; HYPERTRICHOSIS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; SOS1 PROTEIN;

EID: 12244295432     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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