The Bjornstad syndrome (sensorineural hearing loss and pili torti) disease gene maps to chromosome 2q34-36

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1107-1112

  Neto, José Faibes Lubianca ^a,b,c   Lu, Leonard ^a   Eavey, Roland D ^a   Flores, Marco Antonio Macias ^d   Caldera, Raul Martinez ^d   Sangwatanaroj, Somkiat ^b   Schott, Jean Jacques ^b   McDonough, Barbara ^b   Santos, Jose Ignatio ^e   Seidman, Christine E ^b   Seidman, J G ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 17344372330     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301837     Document Type: Article

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