New trends in chromosomal investigation in children with cardiovascular malformations

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 622-629

  Schellberg, Ruth ^a   Schwanitz, Gesa ^a   Grävinghoff, Lutz ^b   Kallenberg, Rolf ^b   Trost, Detlef ^a   Raff, Ruth ^a   Wiebe, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Asklepios Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromosomal aberrations; Fluorescence in situ hybridisation; Microdeletions; Subtelomeric aberrations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; TELOMERE;

CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; FEMALE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; TELOMERE;

EID: 19844380345     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951104006079     Document Type: Article

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