Different mechanisms and recurrence risks of imprinting defects in angelman syndrome

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 88-93

  Bürger, Joachim ^a   Buiting, Karin ^b   Dittrich, Bärbel ^b   Groß, Stephanie ^b   Lich, Christina ^b   Sperling, Karl ^a   Horsthemke, Bernhard ^b   Reis, André ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SWITCHING; GENOME IMPRINTING; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SIBLING;

EID: 0030762915     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513900     Document Type: Article

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