Williams syndrome: Use of chromosomal microdeletions as a tool to dissect cognitive and physical phenotypes

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 118-125

  Tassabehji, Mayada ^a   Metcalfe, Kay ^a   Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^b   Carette, Martin J ^a   Grant, Julia ^b   Dennis, Nick ^d   Reardon, W ^c   Splitt, Miranda ^e   Read, Andrew P ^a   Donnai, Dian ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Wessex Regional Genetics Service   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; HEMIZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0033366703     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302214     Document Type: Article

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