Williams-Beuren syndrome: Unraveling the mysteries of a microdeletion disorder

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Osborne, Lucy R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; SYNTAXIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CHROMOSOME 7Q; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0032775557     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mgme.1999.2844     Document Type: Article

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