Naxos disease in an Arab family is not caused by the Pk2157del2 mutation. Evidence for exclusion of the plakoglobin gene

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1449-1452

  Stuhrmann, Manfred ^a   Bukhari, Iqbal A ^b   El Harith, El Harith A ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; DNA; GUANINE; PLAKOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONSANGUINITY; DNA DETERMINATION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERMANY; GREECE; HAIR DISEASE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; KERATOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAUDI ARABIA; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SPRING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC, FAMILIAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; FEMALE; GAMMA CATENIN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; KERATODERMA, PALMOPLANTAR; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; SAUDI ARABIA; SYNDROME;

EID: 7244247355     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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