Brief report: A case of autism associated with del(2)(q32.1q32.2) or (q32.2q32.3)

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-108

  Gallagher, Louise ^a   Becker, Kristin ^b   Kearney, Geraldine ^a   Dunlop, Adam ^b   Stallings, Ray ^b,c   Green, Andrew ^b,c   Fitzgerald, Michael ^a   Gill, Michael ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Autism; Chromosome 2q; Cytogenetics; Genetics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; CYTOGENETICS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0037296086     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022242807513     Document Type: Article

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