NF1 microdeletion syndrome: Refined FISH characterization of sporadic and familial deletions with locus-specific probes

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 100-109

  Riva, Paola ^a   Corrado, Lucia ^a   Natacci, Federica ^a   Castorina, Pierangela ^a   Wu, Bai Li ^b   Schneider, Gretchen H ^b   Clementi, Maurizio ^c   Tenconi, Romano ^c   Korf, Bruce R ^b   Larizza, Lidia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; BLEOMYCIN; CATION CHANNEL; CONTIG; HYDROLASE; NEUROFIBROMIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOSAICISM; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033909456     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302709     Document Type: Article

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