Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification detects DCX gene deletions in band heterotopia

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 446-450

  Mei, D ^b   Parrini, E ^b   Pasqualetti, M ^c   Tortorella, G ^d   Franzoni, E ^e   Giussani, U ^f   Marini, C ^a   Migliarini, S ^c   Guerrini, R ^b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f Ospedali Riuniti Bergamo   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DCX GENE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMIQUANTITATIVE FLUORESCENT MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SUBCORTICAL BAND HETEROTOPIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33846799013     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000252945.75668.5d     Document Type: Article

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