Mapping of a familial essential tremor gene, FET1, to chromosome 3q13

Nature Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 84-87

  Gulcher, Jeffrey R ^a   Jónsson, Porlákur ^a   Kong, Augustine ^a,b   Kristjánsson, Kristleifur ^a   Frigge, Michael L ^a,b   Kárason, Ari ^a   Einarsdóttir, Ingibjörg E ^a   Stefánsson, Hreinn ^a   Einarsdóttir, Anna S ^a   Siguroardóttir, Sigrún ^a   Baldursson, Sigurour ^a   Bj̈rnsdóttir, Sóley ^a   Hrafhkelsdóttir, Soffía M ^a   Jakobsson, Finnbogi ^c   Benedickz, John ^a,d   Stefánsson, Kári ^a  

^a DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Reykjavik City Hospital   (Iceland)

^d LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 3Q; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ICELAND; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; TREMOR;

EID: 16944361915     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0997-84     Document Type: Article

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