Familial interstitial deletion of the short arm of chromosome 4 (p15.33-p16.3) characterized by molecular cytogenetic analysis

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 899-903

  Basinko, Audrey ^a,b   Douet Guilbert, Nathalie ^a,b   Parent, Philippe ^a   Blondin, Gilles ^c   Mingam, M ^d   Monot, Françoise ^e   Morel, Frédéric ^a,b   Le Bris, Marie Josée ^a   De Braekeleer, Marc ^a,b  

^a CHU MORVAN   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE ET DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (France)

^c centre hospitalier de Cornouaille   (France)

^d CH Laennec   (France)

^e Service de Gynécologie Obstétrique   (France)

Author keywords

Chromosome 4; Deletion; FISH; Proximal 4p deletion syndrome; Wolf Hirschhorn syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTEVERTED NOSTRIL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME DELETION 4; CYTOGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MICROGNATHIA; PHENOTYPE; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; WOLF HIRSCHHORN SYNDROME;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; KARYOTYPING; MALE;

EID: 41849146094     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32138     Document Type: Article

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