Infantile cystinosis in France: genetics, incidence, geographic distribution.
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Infantile cystinosis in France: genetics, incidence, geographic distribution.
A national distribution of 66 French patients, from 49 sibships, has been studied. Segregation analysis, using the maximum likelihood method, was found to agree with the theoretical values expected in recessive autosomal inheritance. The birthplaces of these patients show an unequal geographic distribution of cystinosis, the incidence being higher in Western France. Compared with the total numb...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Genetics
سال: 1976
ISSN: 1468-6244
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.13.6.434