Assignment of the locus for congenital lactase deficiency to 2q21, in the vicinity of but separate from the lactase-phlorizin hydrolase gene

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1078-1085

  Järvelä, Irma ^a,b   Enattah, Nabil Sabri ^a,b   Kokkonen, Jorma ^c   Varilo, Teppo ^a,b   Savilahti, Erkki ^b   Peltonen, Leena ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE; LACTASE; PHLORIZIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FINLAND; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LACTASE DEFICIENCY; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1642586712     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302064     Document Type: Article

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