title: Sjögren-Larsson syndrome in Sweden: distribution of the gene.
abstract: The distribution of carriers of the gene for Sjögren-Larsson syndrome in Sweden suggests a center of dispersion in the county of Västerbotten in Northern Sweden. The origin of the spread of the gene can be traced back at least 700 years.
authors.affiliation: CRC Research Group in Genetic Epidemiology, Southampton General Hospital, Hampshire, U.K.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Iselius
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jagell
mesh_terms: D005787:Gene Frequency; D006801:Humans; D007057:Ichthyosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation; D013029:Space-Time Clustering; D013548:Sweden