Genetic heterogeneity in Pakistani microcephaly families

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 446-451

  Sajid Hussain, M ^a,c,d   Marriam Bakhtiar, S ^a,b   Farooq, M ^a,b   Anjum, I ^a,b   Janzen, E ^c   Reza Toliat, M ^c   Eiberg, H ^b   Kjaer, K W ^b   Tommerup, N ^b   Noegel, A A ^c,d   Nurnberg P ^c,d   Baig, S M ^a   Hansen, L ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

ASPM; CENPJ; CEP152; MCPH1; WDR62

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXON; FAMILY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MICROCEPHALY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CONSANGUINITY; FAMILY; GENE ORDER; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; MICROCEPHALY; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84875885389     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2012.01932.x     Document Type: Article

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