Array comparative genomic hybridization and computational genome annotation in constitutional cytogenetics: Suggesting candidate genes for novel submicroscopic chromosomal imbalance syndromes

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 642-649

  Van Vooren, Steven ^a   Coessens, Bert ^a   De Moor, Bart ^a   Moreau, Yves ^a   Vermeesch, Joris R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Array comparative genomic hybridization; Clinical informatics; Cytogenetics; Data mining; Genotype phenotype correlation; Molecular diagnostics

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME IMBALANCE SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CYTOGENETICS; DATA BASE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NOMENCLATURE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 34548687435     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e318145b27b     Document Type: Review

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