Endemic Tyrolean infantile cirrhosis is not an allelic variant of Wilson's disease

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 624-628

  Wijmenga, C ^a   Muller T ^b   Murli, I S ^a   Brunt, T ^a   Feichtinger, H ^b   Schonitzer D ^b   Houwen, R H J ^c   Muller W ^d,e   Sandkuijl, L A ^a   Pearson, P L ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Paediatrics   (Austria)

^e Hospital Reutte   (Austria)

Author keywords

Childhood cirrhosis; Chromosome 13; Copper; Founder populations; Linkage disequilibrium; Wilson's disease

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; COPPER;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOUNDER EFFECT; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIAN CHILDHOOD CIRRHOSIS; INTOXICATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 13044292638     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200235     Document Type: Article

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