Detection of the CMT1A/HNPP recombination hotspot in unrelated patients of European descent

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-49

  Timmerman, Vincent ^a   Rautenstrauss, Bernd ^b   Reiter, Lawrence T ^c   Koeuth, Thearith ^c   Löfgren, Ann ^a   Liehr, Thomas ^b   Nelis, Eva ^a   Bathke, Klaus D ^b   De Jonghe, Peter ^a,d   Grehl, Holger ^b   Martin, Jean Jacques ^e   Lupski, James R ^c   Van Broeckhoven, Christine ^a,e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CMT; HNPP; Recombination hotspot

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 17P; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EUROPE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 16944365439     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.1.43     Document Type: Article

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