Haplotype analysis reveals a possible founder effect of RET mutation R114H for Hirschsprung's disease in the Chinese population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Cornes, Belinda K ^a   Tang, Clara S ^a   Leon, Thomas Y Y ^a   Hui, Kenneth J W S ^a   So, Man Ting ^a   Miao, Xiaoping ^a   Cherny, Stacey S ^a   Sham, Pak C ^a   Tam, Paul K H ^a   Garcia Barcelo, Maria Merce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN RET; RET PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; HAPLOTYPE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; MUTATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FOUNDER EFFECT; HAPLOTYPES; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET;

EID: 77956200403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010918     Document Type: Article

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