Breakpoints around the HOXD cluster result in various limb malformations

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-118

  Dlugaszewska, B ^a   Silahtaroglu, A ^b   Menzel, C ^a   Kubart S ^a   Cohen, M ^c   Mundlos, S ^a   Tumer Z ^b   Kjaer, K ^b   Friedrich, U ^d   Ropers, H H ^a   Tommerup, N ^b   Neitzel, H ^e   Kalscheuer, Vera M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APLASIA; ARTICLE; BRACHYDACTYLY; CARPAL BONE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 10; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 2; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISLOCATION; ECTOPIC ANUS; ECTOPIC ORGAN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HOX GENE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; LIMB MALFORMATION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERICENTRIC CHROMOSOME INVERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SCOLIOSIS; SYNDACTYLY; ULNA;

EID: 32944464214     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2005.033555     Document Type: Article

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