Linkage of monogenic infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis to chromosome 16p12-p13 and evidence for genetic heterogeneity

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 378-382

  Capon, Francesca ^a   Reece, Ashley ^a   Ravindrarajah, Rathi ^a   Chung, Eddie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 16P; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; INFANCY; INFANTILE HYPERTROPHIC PYLORIC STENOSIS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MONOGENIC DISORDER; MULTIFACTORIAL GENETIC DISORDER; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 33746522253     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505952     Document Type: Article

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