Identification of the gene for Nance-Horan syndrome (NHS)

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 768-771

  Brooks, S P ^a   Ebenezer, N D ^a   Poopalasundaram, S ^a   Lehmann, O J ^b   Moore, A T ^b   Hardcastle, Alison J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME XP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INTRON; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NANCE HORAN SYNDROME; NHS GENE; NHSL1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CATARACT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRONS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; PROTEINS; SYNDROME;

EID: 6344285774     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2004.022517     Document Type: Article

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