Article
Identification of genetic markers associated with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome in an Afrikaner population.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Sept 1998
Simonic I, Gericke G S, Ott J, Weber J L
Abstract excerpt
Because gene-mapping efforts, using large kindreds and parametric methods of analysis, for the neurologic disorder Tourette syndrome have failed, efforts are being redirected toward association studies in young, genetically isolated populations. The availability of dense marker maps makes it feas...
Topics
- Alleles
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8
- False Positive Reactions
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Netherlands
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Reference Values
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- South Africa