A de novo interstitial deletion of chromosome 15 band q25 as revealed by FISH-technique

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 303-305

  Verma, Ram S ^a,b   Kleyman, Svetlana M ^a   Giridharan, Radha ^a   Ramesh, K H ^a  

^a SUNY Helath Science Center   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome 15; Deletion; FISH technique; Telomere

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTELORISM; INTERSTITIAL CHROMOSOME DELETION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 0029820338     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1996.tb03793.x     Document Type: Article

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