Homozygosity mapping: One more tool in the clinical geneticist's toolbox

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 236-239

  Alkuraya, Fowzan S ^a,b,c  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Genetic heterogeneity; Inborn errors of metabolism; Runs of homozygosity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL GENETICS; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INBREEDING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 77951435275     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3181ceb95d     Document Type: Article

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