Submicroscopic 8pter deletion, mild mental retardation, and behavioral problems caused by a familial t(8;20)(p23;p13)

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 314-319

  De Vries, Bert B A ^a,b   Lees, Melissa ^a   Knight, Samantha J L ^c   Regan, Regina ^c   Corney, Deborah ^d   Flint, Jonathan ^c   Barnicoat, Angela ^a   Winter, Robin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral problems; GATA4; Mental retardation; Submicroscopic 8pter deletion; Telomere

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 20P; CHROMOSOME 8P; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 20; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 8; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TELOMERE;

BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FAMILY HEALTH; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035313941     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1182     Document Type: Article

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