No evidence for uniparental disomy as a common cause of Sotos syndrome

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-12

  Smith, Martin ^a   Fullwood, Paul ^b   Qi, Yu ^a   Palmer, Sheila ^a   Upadhyaya, Meena ^a   Cole, Trevor ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental delay; Growth disorder; Imprinting

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 15; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENOME IMPRINTING; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOTOS SYNDROME; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

EID: 0031020714     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.1.10     Document Type: Article

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