Cryptic telomere imbalance: A 15-year update

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 327-334

  Ledbetter, David H ^a   Martin, Christa Lese ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptic translocation; Idiopathic mental retardation; Telomere; Terminal deletion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MONOSOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TRISOMY;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36348954887     PISSN: 15524868     EISSN: 15524876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.30149     Document Type: Article

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