Linkage to chromosome 11p12 in two Maltese families with a highly penetrant form of osteoporosis

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 800-809

  Vidal, Christopher ^a   Galea, Raymond ^a   Brincat, Mark ^a   Anastasi, Angela Xuereb ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Malta)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR 6;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CHROMOSOME 11P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXON; FEMALE; FEMUR; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MALTA; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; EXONS; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MALTA; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEDIGREE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TNF RECEPTOR-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 6; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34250697844     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201814     Document Type: Article

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