Homozygosity mapping of familial glioma in Northern Sweden

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 114-119

  Malmer, Beatrice ^a   Haraldsson, Susann ^a   Einarsdottir, Elisabet ^a   Lindgren, Petter ^a   Holmberg, Dan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 1Q; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEGREGATION; GENEALOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLIOMA; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INBREEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; GLIOMA; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; PEDIGREE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 17144385105     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860510007558     Document Type: Article

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