Article
Diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 1 using RFLPs tightly linked to gene.
Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery - 1 Jun 1993
Vivarelli R, Bartalani G, Berardi A, Calistri L, Balestri P, Fois A
Abstract excerpt
This study reports the results of a linkage analysis in nine families with members who had neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), using five restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) tightly linked to the NF1 locus. The purpose of this analysis was to determine whether the at-risk individuals were carrying the NF1 allele and whether the nine families would be informative for prenatal testing. The families...
Topics
- Adult
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Mapping
- Female
- Genes, Neurofibromatosis 1
- Genetic Carrier Screening
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Male
