Article
Haplotype and mutation analysis in Greek patients with Wilson disease.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jan 2000
Loudianos G, Dessì V, Lovicu M, Angius A, Kanavakis E, Tzetis M, Kattamis C, Manolaki N, Vassiliki G, Karpathios T, Cao A, Pirastu M
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we report the results of haplotype and mutation analysis of the ATP7B gene in Wilson disease (WD) patients of Greek origin. We have analysed 25 WD families and two single patients and characterised 94% of the WD chromosomes investigated. We have found 12 different molecular defects...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Base Sequence
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- DNA Primers
- Genotype
- Greece
- Haplotypes
- Hepatolenticular Degeneration
- Humans
- Mutation
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational