Prevalence of hereditary prosopagnosia (HPA) in Hong Kong Chinese population

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 146, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 2863-2870

  Kennerknecht, Ingo ^a   Nga, Yee Ho ^b   Wong, Virginia C N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant; Chinese; Congenital prosopagnosia (CPA); Face blindness; Hereditary prosopagnosia (HPA); Prevalence; Prosopagnosia (PA)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHINESE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HERITABILITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PROSOPAGNOSIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56049114712     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32552     Document Type: Article

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