Tunisia

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • AZFc deletions and spermatogenic failure: a population-based survey of 20,000 Y chromosomes. 
  • African strains of hepatitis E virus that are distinct from Asian strains. 
  • Allelic and locus heterogeneity in autosomal recessive gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy. 
  • Associations between HLA class I alleles and the prevalence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) among Tunisians. 
  • Ganglioside-induced differentiation-associated protein-1 is mutant in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 4A/8q21. 
  • Identification of a new locus for autosomal recessive Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease with focally folded myelin on chromosome 11p15. 
  • Linkage of Tunisian autosomal recessive Duchenne-like muscular dystrophy to the pericentromeric region of chromosome 13q. 
  • Linkage of a locus (CMT4A) for autosomal recessive Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease to chromosome 8q. 
  • Linkage of recessive familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to chromosome 2q33-q35. 
  • Novel mutations in spastin gene and absence of correlation with age at onset of symptoms.