Expansion in size of a terminal deletion: A paradigm shift for parental follow-up studies

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 391-395

  South, S T ^a,b   Rope, A F ^a   Lamb, A N ^a,b   Aston, E ^a   Glaus, N ^a   Whitby, H ^a   Maxwell, T ^a   Zhu, X L ^a   Brothman, A R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PARENTS; PEDIGREE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 45249096038     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2008.057315     Document Type: Article

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