Genetics of mental retardation;Genetik der mentalen retardierung

Deutsches Arzteblatt

Volumn 104, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Tzschach, Andreas ^a   Ropers, Hans Hilger ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromosomal aberration; Mental retardation; Monogenic disorders; Submicroscopic chromosome aberrations; X linked mental retardation

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CYTOGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOGENIC DISORDER; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; X CHROMOSOME; X LINKED MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 34447279906     PISSN: 00121207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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