Founder mutations in xeroderma pigmentosum

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1491-1493

  Tamura, Deborah ^a   Digiovanna, John J ^a,b   Kraemer, Kenneth H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN CANCER; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

EID: 77952338148     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2010.76     Document Type: Note

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