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Assignment of a locus for autosomal dominant idiopathic scoliosis (IS) to human chromosome 17p11.
Human genetics - 1 Oct 2002
Salehi Leila Baghernajad, Mangino Massimo, De Serio Salvatore, De Cicco Domenico, Capon Francesca, Semprini Sabrina, Pizzuti Antonio, Novelli Giuseppe, Dallapiccola Bruno
Abstract excerpt
Idiopathic scoliosis (IS) is a spine deformity of unknown etiology. Family studies have suggested that IS may be inherited as a mendelian autosomal dominant trait. We have performed linkage analysis on a three-generation IS Italian family. A positive LOD score value of 3.20 at theta=0.00 was detected with marker D17S799 after a genome-wide scanning. Analysis of six flanking microsatellites confirmed the linkage...
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