Carrier detection of phenylketonuria in Iranian families by variable number tandem-repeat polymorphism analysis

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1445-1451

  Hosseini Mazinani, S M ^a   Koochmeshgi, J ^a,b   Khazaee Koohpar, Z ^a   Hosein Pur Nobari, N ^a,b   Seifati, S M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Research Institute for Life   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYLALANINE 4 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENYLKETONURIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; EUROPE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POPULATION GENETICS; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; IRAN; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; PHENYLKETONURIAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 59949098145     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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