Four novel mutations of the Fanconi anemia group A gene (FAA) in Japanese patients

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-51

  Nakamura, Asako ^a,b   Matsuura, Shinya ^a   Tauchi, Hiroshi ^a   Hanada, Ryoji ^c   Ohashi, Hirofumi ^c   Hasegawa, Tomonobu ^d   Honda, Koujiro ^e   Masuno, Mitsuo ^e   Imaizumi, Kiyoshi ^e   Sugita, Katsuo ^f   Ide, Toshinori ^b   Komatsu, Kenshi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^f CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Direct sequencing; FAA gene; Fanconi anemia; Mutation; Polymorphism; SSCP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; FANCONI ANEMIA; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCYTOPENIA; PREVALENCE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 6544235283     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100380050106     Document Type: Article

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