High resolution characterization of an interstitial deletion of less than 1.9 Mb at 4p16.3 associated with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 453-457

  Fang, Y Y ^a   Bain, S ^a   Haan, E A ^a   Eyre, H J ^a   MacDonald, M ^b   Wright, T J ^c   Altherr, M R ^c   Riess, O ^d   Sutherland, G ^a   Callen, D F ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

4p deletion; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Wolf Hirschhorn syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 4P; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOLF HIRSCHHORN SYNDROME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; FACE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; SEIZURES; SYNDROME;

CANIS;

EID: 0030800853     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970905)71:4<453::AID-AJMG15>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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