Delineation of 7q11.2 deletions associated with Williams-Beuren syndrome and mapping of a repetitive sequence to within and to either side of the common deletion

Genomics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-23

  Robinson, W P ^a   Waslynka, J ^b   Bernasconi, F ^b   Wang, M ^b   Clark, S ^b   Kotzot, D ^b   Schinzel, A ^b  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ELASTIN;

ALLELE; AORTA SUPRAVALVULAR STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029891886     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0237     Document Type: Article

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