Comparing two diagnostic laboratory tests for Williams syndrome: Fluorescent in situ hybridization versus multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

Genetic Testing

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-327

  Van Hagen, Johanna M ^a   Eussen, Hubertus J F M M ^b   Van Schooten, Ron ^a   Van Der Geest, Josef N ^b   Lagers Van Haselen, Gerardina C ^b   Wouters, Cokkie H ^b   De Zeeuw, Chris I ^b   Gille, Johan J P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 7Q; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; FACE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 35348939636     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.2007.0007     Document Type: Article

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