Assessment of carriers' frequency of a novel MRE11 mutation responsible for the rare ataxia telangiectasia-like disorder

Genetic Testing

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 387-389

  Alsbeih, Ghazi ^a   Al Hadyan, Khaled ^a   Al Harbi, Najla ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MRE11 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA LIKE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA;

ALLELES; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; SAUDI ARABIA;

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA;

EID: 50649083687     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.2008.0011     Document Type: Article

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