Unique disease heritage of the Dutch-German mennonite population

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 146, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1072-1087

  Orton, Noelle C ^a   Innes, A Micheil ^a,b   Chudley, Albert E ^c   Bech Hansen, N Torben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Founder effect; Gene discovery; Genetic disease; Isolated population; Mennonites

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ATM PROTEIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE ALPHA 1F; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450 17; DEOXYGUANOSINE KINASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; MYOSIN BINDING PROTEIN C; POLYGLUTAMINE BINDING PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN ALMS1; PROTEIN ESCO2; PROTEIN KINASE ZAP 70; PROTEIN MLH1; PROTEIN ZMPSTE 24; RYANODINE RECEPTOR 2; SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 4 MEMBER 1; T BOX PROTEIN 22; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALSTROM SYNDROME; ANKYLOGLOSSIA; APPARENT MINERALOCORTICOID EXCESS SYNDROME; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHUDLEY MCCULLOUGH SYNDROME; CLEFT PALATE; CLEIDOCRANIAL DYSPLASIA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONGENITAL STATIONARY NIGHT BLINDNESS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FAMILIAL HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; GERMANY; GERODERMA OSTEODYSPLASTICA; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATASIA; LEIGH DISEASE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MISSENSE MUTATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DEPLETION SYNDROME; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RENPENNING SYNDROME; RESTRICTIVE DERMOPATHY; REVIEW; ROBERTS SYNDROME; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN DISEASE; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETICS; MEDICAL GENETICS; RELIGION;

ALBERTA; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MANITOBA; PROTESTANTISM;

EID: 42949084245     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32061     Document Type: Review

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