A novel genetic study of chinese families with autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 281-294

  Abd El aziz, Mai M ^a,b   El ashry, M F ^a,b   Chan, W M ^c   Chong, K L ^c   Barragan, I ^d   Antimolo G ^d   Pang, C P ^c   Bhattacharya, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Genetic diseases; Linkage analysis; Locus; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN RP25; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME 6; CONSANGUINITY; ETHNICITY; FAMILY STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INCIDENCE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MICROPROCESSOR; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 34247153975     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2006.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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