Evaluation of the facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD1) phenotype in correlation to the concurrence of 4q35 and 10q26 fragments

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 88-94

  Köhlera, Jutta ^a   Röhrig, Dorothee ^b   Bathke, Klaus D ^a   Koch, Manuela C ^a,c  

^a Medizinisches Zentrum H   (Germany)

^b Psychiat Klin der Rheinischen F   (Germany)

^c Zentrum Innere Medizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differentiated analysis; FSHD1; Modifier locus; Phenotype genotype correlation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME 4Q; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS;

EID: 17444442187     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.1999.550204.x     Document Type: Article

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