Pseudoautosomal inheritance of Léri-Weill syndrome: What does it mean?

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 489-494

  Evers, C ^a   Heidemann, P H ^b   Dunstheimer, D ^b   Schulze, E ^c   Haag, C ^c   Janssen, J W G ^a   Fischer, C ^a   Jauch, A ^a   Moog, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c Laboratory of Molecular Genetics Raue   (Germany)

Author keywords

LWD; LWS; Pseudoautosomal inheritance; SHOX gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; DYSCHONDROSTEOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOAUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; SHORT STATURE HOMEOBOX GENE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRODYSPLASIAS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 79953761087     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2010.01488.x     Document Type: Article

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