A founder effect at the EPCAM locus in Congenital Tufting Enteropathy in the Arabic Gulf

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 319-322

  Salomon, Julie ^a   Espinosa Parrilla, Yolanda ^a   Goulet, Olivier ^a   Al Qabandi, Wafa'a ^b   Guigue, Philippe ^a   Canioni, Danielle ^a   Bruneau, Julie ^a   Alzahrani, Fatema ^c   Almuhsen, Saleh ^c   Cerf Bensussan, Nadine ^a   Jeanpierre, Marc ^d   Brousse, Nicole ^a   Lyonnet, Stanislas ^a   Munnich, Arnold ^a   Smahi, Asma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

Author keywords

Congenital tufting enteropathy; EPCAM; Founder effect

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL TUFTING ENTEROPATHY; ENTEROPATHY; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; KUWAIT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; QATAR;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CONSANGUINITY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINES; KUWAIT; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; QATAR;

EID: 79955468088     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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