Exclusion of CAG repeat expansion as the cause of disease in autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa families

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 130-132

  Jeffrey Keen, T ^a   Morris, Alex G ^a   Inglehearn, Chris F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAG; Repeat expansion detection; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 16944364249     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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