Identification of Bruton tyrosine kinase mutations in 12 Chinese patients with X-linked agammaglobulinaemia by long PCR-direct sequencing

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-209

  Chan, K W ^a   Chen, T ^b   Jiang, L ^c   Fok, S F S ^a   Lee, T L ^a   Lee, B W ^d   Yang, X ^c   Lau, Y L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUTON TYROSINE KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASIAN; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGAPORE; X LINKED AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAR EAST; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISEASES, X-LINKED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33646857026     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2006.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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