Cryptic chromosome rearrangements detected by subtelomere assay in patients with mental retardation and dysmorphic features

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 488-494

  Dawson, A J ^a,b   Putnam, S ^b   Schultz, J ^b   Riordan, D ^b   Prasad, C ^a   Greenberg, C R ^a   Chodirker, B N ^a   Mhanni, A A ^a   Chudley, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromosome rearrangements; FISH; Submicroscopic; Subtelomere probes

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BIOASSAY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA PROBE; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURAL CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; TELOMERE;

EID: 0036949051     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2002.tb02255.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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