Locus homogeneity between syndactyly type 1A and craniosynostosis Philadelphia type?

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 146, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2308-2311

  Jain, Mahim ^a   Wallis, Deeann ^a,f   Robin, Nathaniel H ^b   De Vrieze, Fabienne Wavrant ^c   Hardy, John A ^c,g   Ghadami, Mohsen ^d   Bosse, Kristin ^e   Betz, Regina C ^e   Nöthen, Markus M ^e   Arcos Burgos, Mauricio ^a,h   Muenke, Maximilian ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 5;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; CHROMOSOME 2; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FOOT MALFORMATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; LETTER; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDACTYLY;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; SYNDACTYLY;

EID: 51449118794     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32445     Document Type: Letter

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