Batten disease (Spielmeyer-Sjogren disease) and haptoglobins (HP): indication of linkage and assignment to chr. 16 |
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| Authors: | H. Eiberg R. M. Gardiner J. Mohr |
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| Affiliation: | University Institute of Medical Genetics, Panum, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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| Abstract: | In a material of 26 Caucasian families, 23 with at least 2 children affected with Batten disease, we found a lod score of 3.00 at theta = 0.00 in males and theta = 0.26 in females with haptoglobin (HP), and assign the locus for Batten disease to 16q22. |
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| Keywords: | Batten disease chromosome 16 haptoglobin linkage |
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