A new strategy for cryptic telomeric translocation screening in patients with idiopathic mental retardation

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-233

  Ghaffari, Saeed R ^a   Boyd, Elizabeth ^a   Tolmie, J L ^a   Crow, Yanick J ^a   Trainer, Alison H ^a   Connor, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative genomic hybridisation; Mental retardation; Telomere

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031899453     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.35.3.225     Document Type: Article

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