Fortuitous detection of uniparental isodisomy of chromosome 6

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-78

  Bittencourt, Marcelo C ^a   Morris, Michael A ^b   Chabod, Jacqueline ^a   Gos, Arnaud ^b   Lamy, Bernard ^a   Fellmann, Florence ^c   Antonarakis, Stylianos E ^b   Plouvier, Emmanuel ^c   Herve, Patrick ^a   Tiberghien, Pierre ^a  

^a Etablissement Transfus SFC   (France)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

Author keywords

Chromosome 6; HLA typing; Isodisomy

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 6; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

EID: 16944364092     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.1.77     Document Type: Article

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