Evidence of genetic heterogeneity in Alberta Hutterites with Usher syndrome type I

Molecular Vision

Volumn 18, Issue , 2012, Pages 1379-1383

  Zhou, Qi ^a   Lenger, Chaeli ^b   Smith, Richard ^b   Kimberling, William J ^b   Ye, Ming ^c   Lehmann, Ordan ^c   MacDonald, Ian ^c  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; EXON; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MYOSIN VIIA GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCADHERIN RELATED 15 GENE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPEECH DISORDER; USHER SYNDROME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ALBERTA; CADHERINS; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOSINS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIBLINGS; USHER SYNDROMES;

EID: 84863303526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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