Genome-wide Scan and Fine-Mapping Linkage Study of Androgenetic Alopecia Reveals a Locus on Chromosome 3q26

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 737-743

  Hillmer, Axel M ^a   Flaquer, Antonia ^a   Hanneken, Sandra ^b   Eigelshoven, Sibylle ^b   Kortüm, Anne Katrin ^b   Brockschmidt, Felix F ^a   Golla, Astrid ^a   Metzen, Christine ^b   Thiele, Holger ^c   Kolberg, Susanne ^c   Reinartz, Roman ^a   Betz, Regina C ^a   Ruzicka, Thomas ^b,d   Hennies, Hans Christian ^c,e   Kruse, Roland ^b   Nöthen, Markus M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME; ALOPECIA; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME MAP; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GENOME; ONSET AGE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALOPECIA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE;

EID: 41149165727     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2007.11.014     Document Type: Article

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