A gene for universal congenital alopecia maps to chromosome 8p21-22

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 386-390

  Nöthen, Markus M ^a   Cichon, Sven ^a   Vogt, Ina R ^a   Hemmer, Susanne ^a   Kruse, Roland ^a   Knapp, Michael ^a   Höller, Tobias ^a   Haque, Muhammad Faiyaz Ul ^b,c   Haque, Sayedul ^b   Propping, Peter ^a   Ahmad, Mahmud ^b   Rietschel, Marcella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 8P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PAKISTAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 17344370417     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301717     Document Type: Article

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