A mutation analysis of the phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) gene in the Israeli population

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-309

  Bercovich, Dani ^a,b   Elimelech, A ^a   Yardeni, T ^a   Korem, S ^a,b   Zlotogora, J ^c   Gal, N ^d   Goldstein, N ^d   Vilensky, B ^d   Segev, R ^d   Avraham, S ^d   Loewenthal, R ^d,e   Schwartz, G ^d   Anikster, Y ^d,e  

^a MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabs; Druze; Jews; Mutation analysis; PAH; Phenylalanine hydroxylase gene; Phenylketonuria

Indexed keywords

PHENYLALANINE 4 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HYPERPHENYLALANINEMIA; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PHENYLKETONURIA; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNISIA; YEMEN;

ARABS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MUTATION; PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 42149181209     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2007.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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