Noninvasive test for fragile X syndrome, using hair root analysis

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 98-103

  Willemsen, Rob ^a   Anar, Burcu ^a   De Diego Otero, Yolanda ^a   De Vries, Bert B A ^a   Hilhorst Hofstee, Yvonne ^b   Smits, Arie ^c   Van Looveren, Eddy ^a   Willems, Patrick J ^a   Galjaard, Hans ^a   Oostra, Ben A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE PRODUCT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA DETERMINATION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR ROOT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0033365407     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302462     Document Type: Article

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