Genetic linkage evaluation of twenty-four loci in an eastern Canadian family segregating Darier's disease (keratosis follicularis).

doi:10.1016/s0190-9622(94)70130-x

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Genetic linkage evaluation of twenty-four loci in an eastern Canadian family segregating Darier's disease (keratosis follicularis).

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - 1 Jul 1994

Sidenberg D G, Berg D, Bassett A S, King N, Petronis A, Kamble A B, Kennedy J L

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BACKGROUND: Darier's disease (keratosis follicularis) is known to have a genetic cause as evidenced by its autosomal dominant transmission in families. The gene causing this disease has not been discovered. OBJECTIVE: During an ongoing linkage study of schizophrenia, a family segregating Darier's...

Topics

Chromosome Mapping
Darier Disease
Female
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Markers
Genotype
Humans
Lod Score
Male
Pedigree

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