Article
Fine mapping of an imprinted gene for familial nonchromaffin paragangliomas, on chromosome 11q23.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 1997
Baysal B E, Farr J E, Rubinstein W S, Galus R A, Johnson K A, Aston C E, Myers E N, Johnson J T, Carrau R, Kirkpatrick S J, Myssiorek D, Singh D, Saha S, Gollin S M, Evans G A, James M R, Richard C W
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary nonchromaffin paragangliomas (PGL; glomus tumors; MIM 168000) are mostly benign, slow-growing tumors of the head and neck region, inherited from carrier fathers in an autosomal dominant fashion subject to genomic imprinting. Genetic linkage analysis in two large, unrelated Dutch famili...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age of Onset
- Aged
- Alleles
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
- Crossing Over, Genetic
- Female
