Comprehensive analysis of oculocutaneous albinism among non-hispanic caucasians shows that OCA1 Is the most prevalent OCA type

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2442-2450

  Hutton, Saunie M ^a   Spritz, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HPS1 GENE; HPS4 GENE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALBINISM, OCULOCUTANEOUS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GP100 MELANOMA ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PREVALENCE; PROTEINS; TYROSINE;

EID: 51749112040     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2008.109     Document Type: Article

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