MORM syndrome (mental retardation, truncal obesity, retinal dystrophy and micropenis), a new autosomal recessive disorder, links to 9q34

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 543-548

  Hampshire, Daniel J ^a   Ayub, Mohammed ^b   Springell, Kelly ^a   Roberts, Emma ^a   Jafri, Hussain ^c   Rashid, Yasmin ^c   Bond, Jacquelyn ^a   Riley, John H ^d   Woods, C Geoffrey ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b St Luke's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c Lady Wellington Hospital   (Pakistan)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome 9q34.3; Mental retardation; Micropenis; Obesity; Retinal dystrophy; Subtelomeric linkage

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BARDET BIEDL SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; FACIES; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; MICROPENIS; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PAKISTAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POLYDACTYLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA DYSTROPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN INFECTION; TELOMERE; TESTIS DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MODELS, GENETIC; OBESITY; SYNDROME;

EID: 33646055192     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201577     Document Type: Article

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