Screening of patients with craniosynostosis: Molecular strategy

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 120 A, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 470-473

  Chun, Kathy ^a,c   Teebi, Ahmad S ^a   Azimi, Cyrus ^a,b   Steele, Leslie ^a   Ray, Peter N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

FGFR; Mutations; TWIST

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 3; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALVARIA; CHROMOSOME 7P; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FAMILY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042377396     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20258     Document Type: Article

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