Genetic heterogeneity and exclusion of a modifying locus at 2q in a family with autosomal dominant primary erythermalgia

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 174-177

  Burns, T M ^a   Te Morsche, R H M ^b   Jansen, J B M J ^b   Drenth, J P H ^b  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Haplotype; Heterogeneity; Linkage; Mutation; Primary erythermalgia

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 22944490864     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06441.x     Document Type: Article

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