Detection of chromosome aberrations in Chinese children with autism using G-banding and BAC FISH

Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 254-257

  Liu, Qing Jie ^a,c   Ma, Fen ^a   Li, Dan ^b   Wang, Xiao Wei ^a   Tian, Wen Yan ^b   Chen, Yan ^a   Feng, Jiang Bin ^c   Lu, Xue ^c   Chen, De Qing ^c   Chen, Xiao Ning ^a   Shen, Yan ^a  

^a CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c National Institute for Radiological Protection   (China)

Author keywords

Autism; Bacterial artificial chromosome; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; G banding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CHILD; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME 21P; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME G BAND; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 4; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 6; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICENTRIC CHROMOSOME INVERSION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 20644438451     PISSN: 10039406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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