Clinical approaches to genetic mental retardation

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 821-826

  Basel Vanagaite, Lina ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Comparative genomic hybridization; Genetic heterogeneity; Mental retardation; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AUTISM; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; KARYOTYPING; METABOLISM; RECURRENT DISEASE;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MENTAL RETARDATION; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 58149360798     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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