Mutation analysis of the FOXL2 gene in Chinese patients with blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus inversus syndrome

Mutagenesis

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-39

  Tang, Shengjian ^a   Wang, Xiaoke ^a   Lin, Lixin ^a   Sun, Yan ^a   Wang, Yanli ^a   Yu, Hongbo ^a  

^a WEIFANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE DERIVATIVE; POLYALANINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICANTHUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OVARIAN FAILURE, PREMATURE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 33344470143     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/gei067     Document Type: Article

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