FISH screening for subtelomeric rearrangements in 219 patients with idiopathic mental retardation and normal karyotype

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 388-396

  Baroncini, Anna ^a   Rivieri, Francesca ^a,c   Capucci, Antonella ^a   Croci, Gianfranco ^b   Franchi, Fabrizia ^b   Sensi, Alberto ^c   Battaglia, Paola ^a   Aiello, Vincenzo ^c   Calzolari, Elisa ^c  

^a AUSL Imola   (Italy)

^b Arcispedale S Maria Nuova ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Mental retardation; Subtelomeric rearrangements

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 20P; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME 7P; CHROMOSOME 9P; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 12; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 17; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 18; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 6; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 8; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELOMERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERE;

EID: 29544447524     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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