Linkage to the FOXC2 region of chromosome 16 for varicose veins in otherwise healthy, unselected siblings pairs

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-239

  Ng, M Y M ^b   Andrew, T ^b   Spector, T D ^b   Jeffery, S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 16; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HEMORRHOID; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; TWINS; VARICOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; TWIN STUDIES; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 15044348467     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2004.024075     Document Type: Article

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