Physical localisation of the breakpoints of a constitutional translocation t(5;6)(q21;q21) in a child with bilateral Wilms' tumour

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 343-345

  Hoban, Paul R ^a,b   Cowen, Rachel L ^a   Mitchell, Erika L D ^a   Evans, D Gareth ^a   Kelly, Maureen ^c   Howard, Peter J ^c   Heighway, Jim ^c  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FISH; Translocation; Wilms' tumour

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; GENE LIBRARY; HUMAN; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030960264     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.4.343     Document Type: Article

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