Unexplained autism is frequently associated with low-level mosaic aneuploidy

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 521-525

  Yurov, Yuri B ^a,b   Vorsanova, S G ^a,b   Iourov, I Y ^a,b   Demidova, I A ^a,b   Beresheva, A K ^a,b   Kravetz, V S ^b   Monakhov, V V ^a   Kolotii, A D ^b   Voinova Ulas, V Y ^b   Gorbachevskaya, N L ^a  

^a MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^b PIROGOV RUSSIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOSOME; CHILD; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOSAICISM; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME;

ANEUPLOIDY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MOSAICISM; RETT SYNDROME; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 34548225995     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2007.049312     Document Type: Article

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