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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-2-17
pubmed:abstractText
In this Journal, we previously reported genetic linkage between loci on chromosome (chr)2p(ETM) and dominantly inherited essential tremor (ET) in a large American kindred of Czech ancestry. Other investigators reported another ET susceptibility locus on chr 3q (FET1) which accounted for over half of the Icelandic families that were studied. We now report evidence for linkage to the ETM locus in three additional, unrelated American families with ET and exclude the FET1 locus in these families. Fine mapping results, using an "affecteds-only" model in all four American families, demonstrate positive combined pairwise lod scores (Z) at the ETM locus with aZ(max) = 5.94 at a recombination fraction (theta) = 0.00 for locus D2S220. Haplotype reconstruction places the ETM gene in a 9.10 cM interval between the D2S224 and D2S405 loci. Multipoint linkage analysis suggests that the ETM gene is in the 2.18 cM interval between loci D2S2150 and D2S220 with a Z(max) = 8.12. These findings may facilitate the search for a gene that causes ET and may further our understanding of other disorders that are associated with tremor [corrected].
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0885-3185
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
972-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Evidence that a gene for essential tremor maps to chromosome 2p in four families.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Clinical Neurogenetics, Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research New York State Department of Health, Albany 12201-0509, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article