"Opitz C syndrome and pseudohypoaldosteronism" is caused by a chromosome 4q deletion

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1315-1316

  De Ravel, Thomy ^a   Balikova, Irina ^a   Van Driessche, Jozef ^b   Vermeesch, Joris ^c   Fryns, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MM Delacroix Foundation   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OPITZ SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOHYPOALDOSTERONISM; STOP CODON;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; HUMANS; MALE; PSEUDOHYPOALDOSTERONISM; SMITH-LEMLI-OPITZ SYNDROME;

EID: 66349088774     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32817     Document Type: Letter

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