Haplotype and AGG interspersion analysis of FMR1 alleles in a croatian population: No founder effect detected in patients with fragile X syndrome

Human Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 581-587

  Dokic H ^a   BariSic I ^b   Culic V ^c   Lozic B ^c   Hecimovic S ^a  

^a Ruoer Boent skovíc Institute   (Croatia)

^b Children's University Hospital Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cgg repeats; Croatia; DXS548; FMR1; Fragile X syndrome; Fraxa; FRAXAC1; Haplotype; Linkage; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; EASTERN EUROPE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ALLELE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICS;

FMR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROATIA; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

EID: 67449090355     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/1534-6617-80.5.581     Document Type: Article

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