No evidence of linkage between 7q33-36 locus (OTSC2) and otosclerosis in seven British Caucasian pedigrees

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1140-1147

  Alzoubi, F Q ^a   Ollier, W R ^b   Ramsden, R T ^c   Saeed, S R ^c,d  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Genetic Linkage; Genetics; Human; Lod Score; Otosclerosis; Pair 7

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 7Q; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTOSCLEROSIS; PEDIGREE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME 7; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OTOSCLEROSIS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 40449110126     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215107000655     Document Type: Article

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