Idiopathic achalasia is not allelic to alacrima achalasia adrenal insufficiency syndrome at the ALADIN locus

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 312-315

  Di Nardo, G ^a   Tullio Pelet, A ^d   Annese, V ^c   Stanghellini, V ^a   Barbara, G ^a   Latiano, A ^c   Andriulli, A ^c   Cremon, C ^a   Salvioli, B ^a   Volta, U ^b   Corinaldesi, R ^a   Lyonnet, S ^d   De Giorgio, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

AAAS gene mutations; Achalasia; Allgrove syndrome; Enteric neuropathy

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; AAAS PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEOPORIN; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALLGROVE SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA ISOLATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; EXON; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRON; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 24044438567     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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