Investigation of 4q-deletion in two unrelated patients using array CGH

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 146, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2431-2434

  Kaalund, S S ^a   Moller R S ^a,b   Teszas A ^c   Miranda, M ^b   Kosztolanyi, G ^c   Ullmann, R ^d   Tommerup, N ^a   Tumer Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH EPILEPSY CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION 4; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CHROMOSOME DELETION; LETTER; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 51449095978     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32458     Document Type: Letter

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