Complex aetiology of an apparently Mendelian form of mental retardation

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Beleza Meireles, Ana ^a,b   Kockum, Ingrid ^a   Yuan, Qiu Ping ^a   Picelli, Simone ^a   Wetterberg, Lennart ^a   Gustavson, Karl Henrik ^c   Schalling, Martin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME 8; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOME; INHERITANCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 40349091412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-9-6     Document Type: Article

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