European Cytogeneticists Association Register of Unbalanced Chromosome Aberrations (ECARUCA); an online database for rare chromosome abnormalities

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 279-291

  Feenstra, I ^a   Fang, J ^b   Koolen, D A ^a   Siezen, A ^a   Evans, C ^b   Winter, R M ^c   Lees, M M ^c   Riegel, M ^d   de Vries, B B A ^a   Van Ravenswaaij, C M A ^a   Schinzel, A ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genotype phenotype correlation; Online database; Rare chromosome aberrations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOGENETICS; DATA BASE; FOLLOW UP; GENE DELETION; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DATABASES, GENETIC; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RARE DISEASES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 33745587022     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2005.10.131     Document Type: Article

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