Diagnosis of DiGeorge syndrome in nuclei released from archival autoptic heart specimens using fluorescence in situ hybridization

Human Genetics

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 414-417

  Calabrese, Giuseppe ^a   Mingarelli, Rita ^b   Francalanci, Paola ^c   Boldrini, Renata ^c   Palka, Giandomenico ^a   Bosman, Cesare ^c   Novelli, Giuseppe ^b   Dallapiccola, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOTYPE; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0029880051     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02267058     Document Type: Article

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