Telomeres: A diagnosis at the end of the chromosomes

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 385-398

  De Vries, B B A ^a   Winter, R ^b   Schinzel, A ^c   Van Ravenswaaij Arts, C ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME 10P; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 12P; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 16P; CHROMOSOME 16Q; CHROMOSOME 17P; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 18P; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CHROMOSOME 19P; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 20P; CHROMOSOME 20Q; CHROMOSOME 21Q; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME 2P; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 3P; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME 4P; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME 5P; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME 7P; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME 8P; CHROMOSOME 8Q; CHROMOSOME 9P; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME XP; CHROMOSOME XQ; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MICROSCOPY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELOMERE;

EID: 0038207082     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.40.6.385     Document Type: Review

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