De novo 16p deletion: ATR-16 syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 451-454

  Lindor, Noralane M ^a   Valdes, Maria G ^a   Wick, Myra ^a   Thibodeau, Stephen N ^a   Jalal, Syed ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Contiguous gene syndrome; Microdeletion; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 16P; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HEMIZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENTAL RETARDATION; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030734601     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19971112)72:4<451::AID-AJMG15>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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