Genetic and clinical profiles of spondylocostal dysostosis patients in Taiwan

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3132-3135

  Wang, Chung Hsing ^a   Lin, Wei De ^a   Bau, Da Tian ^a   Chou, I Ching ^a   Tsai, Fuu Jen ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DLL3 GENE; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; IVS4 GENE; JARCHO LEVIN SYNDROME; LETTER; LFNG GENE; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NOTCH GENE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SHORT STATURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAIWAN;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TAIWAN;

EID: 81955167395     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.34301     Document Type: Letter

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