The emerging role of structural variations in common disorders: Initial findings and discovery challenges

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 123, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 108-117

  Armengol, L ^a   Rabionet, R ^a   Estivill, X ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPY NUMBER VARIANT; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALGORITHMS; CHROMOSOMES; DISEASE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS;

EID: 62549091945     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000184698     Document Type: Review

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