Advances in molecular cytogenetics for the evaluation of mental retardation

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 117 C, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-24

  Xu, Jie ^a   Chen, Zhong ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b McMaster Univ Medical Center 3N14 ^*

Author keywords

CGH; Genotyping; Interphase FISH; Mental retardation; Microarray; Microdissection; Molecular cytogenetics; Multicolor karyotyping; PRINS; Telomere FISH

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CHROMOSOME MICRODISSECTION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CYTOGENETICS; DNA MICROARRAY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOTYPE; INTERPHASE; KARYOTYPING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOLECULAR CYTOGENETICS; MULTICOLOR KARYOTYPING; PRIMED IN SITU LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELOMERE; TELOMERE FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MENTAL RETARDATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SEQUENCE DELETION; TELOMERE;

EID: 0042703888     PISSN: 15524868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.10016     Document Type: Review

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