Identification and clinical characterization of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome alleles in the Pakistani population

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 231-235

  Yousaf, Sairah ^a,b   Shahzad, Mohsin ^a   Kausar, Tasleem ^b   Sheikh, Shakeel A ^c   Tariq, Nabeela ^b   Shabbir, Asra S ^d   Ali, Muhammad ^e   Waryah, Ali M ^c   Shaikh, Rehan S ^b   Riazuddin, Saima ^a   Ahmed, Zubair M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^e GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; OCULAR ALBINISM; PAKISTANI; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERMANSKI-PUDLAK SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PEDIGREE;

EID: 84958650508     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12438     Document Type: Article

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