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E D Carstea1, M H Polymeropoulos, C C Parker, S D Detera-Wadleigh, R R O'Neill, M C Patterson, E Goldin, H Xiao, R E Straub, M T Vanier.
Abstract
We analyzed the involvement of chromosome 18 in Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC), an autosomal recessive cholesterol-processing disorder. Within affected offspring, the chromosome 18 parental contributions were identified by using allele-specific microsatellite markers. Significant linkage of NPC to an 18p genomic marker, D18S40, was indicated by a two-point lod score of 3.84. Analysis of meiotic chromosomal breakpoint patterns among the affected individuals indicated that the NPC gene is pericentromerically localized on human chromosome 18.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8446622 PMCID: PMC46008 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.5.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205