A family with lymphoedema-distichiasis where identical twins have a discordant phenotype [1]

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-287

  Kumar, S ^a   Carver, C ^b,c,d   Mccall, S ^b   Brice, G ^b,c,d   Ostergaard, P ^b,c,d   Mortimer, P ^b,c,d   Jeffrey, S ^b   Mansour, S ^c,d   Child, A H ^c,d   Burnand, K G ^c,d   Mellor, R ^c,d   Sarfarazi, M ^c,d   Smith, A ^c,d   Jeffery, S C C ^c,d  

^a Mohd Dossary Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DNA; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GUANINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; EYELASH; EYELID DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JORDAN; LEG EDEMA; LETTER; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; TWIN DISCORDANCE; VARICOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASES IN TWINS; EDEMA; EYELASHES; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 33847245365     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00758.x     Document Type: Letter

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