Refinement of a locus for Marie Unna hereditary hypotrichosis to a 1.1-cM interval at 8p21.3

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 837-842

  He, P P ^a,b   Zhang, X J ^a   Yang, Q ^a   Li, M ^a   Liang, Y H ^a   Yang, S ^a   Yan, K L ^a   Cui, Y ^a   Shen, Y Y ^b   Wang, H Y ^a   Sun, L D ^a   Du, W H ^a   Shen, Y J ^a   Xu, S J ^b   Huang, W ^b  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

Author keywords

Haplotype; Linkage analysis; Marie Unna hereditary hypotrichosis; Refined mapping

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHILD; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME 8P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOTRICHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALOPECIA; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME MAP; DISEASE COURSE; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE;

AGED; ALOPECIA; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; HYPOTRICHOSIS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE;

EID: 3042780312     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.05913.x     Document Type: Article

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