The complex nature of constitutional de novo apparently balanced translocations in patients presenting with abnormal phenotypes

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-16

  Gribble, S M ^a   Prigmore, E ^a   Burford, D C ^a   Porter, K M ^a   Ng, Bee Ling ^a   Douglas, E J ^a   Fiegler, H ^a   Carr, P ^a   Kalaitzopoulos, D ^a   Clegg, S ^a   Sandstrom, R ^b   Temple, I K ^c   Youings, S A ^c   Thomas, N S ^c   Dennis, N R ^c   Jacobs, P A ^c   Crolla, J A ^c   Carter, N P ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Lower Columbia College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CYTOGENETICS; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; MALE; METAPHASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INCIDENCE; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

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EID: 19944432367     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2004.024141     Document Type: Article

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