Carrier frequency of the R778L, A874V, and N1270S mutations in the ATP7B gene in a Korean population

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 405-407

  Park, H D ^a   Ki, Chang Seok ^a   Lee, S Y ^a   Kim, J W ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; LEUCINE; SERINE; VALINE; WILSON DISEASE PROTEIN;

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KOREA; LETTER; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILSON DISEASE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GENE FREQUENCY; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; KOREA; MUTATION, MISSENSE;

EID: 65249180011     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2008.01132.x     Document Type: Letter

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