Hntragenic Microsatellites in the Italian Population

Maria Pia RUSSO, Giovanni Romeo*, Marcella Devoto, Guido Barbujani, Giulio Cabrini, Annamaria Giunta, Elena D' Alcamo, Gianbattista Leoni, Federica Sangiuolo, Carmelina Magnani, Laura Cremonesi, and Maurizio Ferrari Istituto Gianninu Gaslini, Laboratorio di Genetica Molecolare, Genova 16147, Italy (M. P. R., G. R., M. D.); Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Uniuersitd di Bologna, Bologna 40100, Italy (G. B.); Centro Fibrosi Cistica, Ospedale Civile Magiore, Borgo Trento, Verona 37126, ltaly (G.C.); Centro per la Diagnosi e Terapia della Fibrosi Cistica dell'Universitd di Milano, Milan 20100, Italy (A.G.); Ospedale V Cervello, Divisione di Ematologia, Palerrno 90146, Italy (E.D'A.); Universitd degli Studi di Cagliari, Istituto di Chimica e Biologia dell'Etd Evolutivu, Cagliari 09100, Italy (G. B. L.) ; Universitd degli Studi di Tor Vergata, Rome 00100, Italy (F.S.); Istituto Scientific0 H. Sun Raffaele, DlBIT e Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare Clinica, Milan 20132, Italy (C.M., L.C., M.F.); Fax: 39-10-391254

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