Subtelomeric Deletions Detected in Patients with Idiopathic Mental Retardation Using Multiplex Ligation-Dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA)

Human Mutation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-21

  Rooms, Liesbeth ^a   Reyniers, Edwin ^a   Van Luijk, Rob ^a   Scheers, Stefaan ^a   Wauters, Jan ^a   Ceulemans, Berten ^b   Van Den Ende, Jenneke ^a   Van Bever, Yolande ^a   Kooy, R Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deletion; Mental retardation; MLPA; Mutation screening; Subtelomeric rearrangements

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 3P; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DNA PROBE; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; TELOMERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION; TELOMERE;

EID: 0346096787     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.10300     Document Type: Article

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