Screening for subtelomeric chromosome abnormalities in children with idiopathic mental retardation using multiprobe telomeric FISH and the new MAPH telomeric assay

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 527-532

  Sismani, Carolina ^a   Armour, John A L ^b   Flint, Jonathan ^c   Girgalli, Christina ^a   Regan, Regina ^c   Patsalis, Philippos C ^a  

^a CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FISH; MAPH; Mental retardation; Subtelomeric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SAMPLE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TELOMERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; DNA PROBES; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MENTAL RETARDATION; TELOMERE;

EID: 0034878074     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200670     Document Type: Article

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