## Communicated by Robert Williamson We have examined a panel of 115 unrelated N F l individuals for mutation in the 3' region of the N F l gene, using Southern blotting and polymerase chain reaction amplification of exons followed by singlestrand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis. We foun
Linkage analysis of neurofibromatosis type 1
โ Scribed by Maurizio Clementi; Alessandra Murgia; Franca Anglani; Romano Tenconi; Licia Turolla; Luigi Picci; Franco Zacchello
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 324 KB
- Volume
- 87
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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