Prenatal diagnosis of nail-patella syndrome
β Scribed by Iain McIntosh; Mark V. Clough; Eva Gak; Moshe Frydman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 116 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0197-3851
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β¦ Synopsis
Fig. 1-Pedigree of family described in text showing haplotypes generated with four polymorphic markers around the NPS locus. Affected haplotype boxed and bold. m+ =tested positive for 750+1G<A mutation; m =tested negative for 750+1G<A mutation
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