Article
A gene for autosomal recessive symmetrical spastic cerebral palsy maps to chromosome 2q24-25.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Feb 1999
McHale D P, Mitchell S, Bundey S, Moynihan L, Campbell D A, Woods C G, Lench N J, Mueller R F, Markham A F
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral palsy has an incidence of approximately 1/500 births, although this varies between different ethnic groups. Genetic forms of the disease account for approximately 1%-2% of cases in most countries but contribute a larger proportion in populations with extensive inbreeding. We have clinica...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Cerebral Palsy
- Child
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
- Female
- Genes, Recessive
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Pedigree
- Phenotype