Mild Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome: Micro-array CGH analysis of atypical 4p16.3 deletions enables refinement of the genotype-phenotype map

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 691-698

  Van Buggenhout, G ^a   Melotte, C ^a   Dutta, B ^b   Froyen, G ^b   Van Hummelen, P ^b   Marynen, P ^b   Matthijs, G ^a   De Ravel, T ^a   Devriendt, K ^a   Fryns, J P ^a   Vermeesch, J R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c O and N1   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 4P; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION 4; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA MICROARRAY; FACIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEMIZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOLF HIRSCHHORN SYNDROME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SYNDROME;

CANIS;

EID: 4444242261     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2003.016865     Document Type: Article

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