A 15q13.3 microdeletion segregating with autism

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 687-692

  Pagnamenta, Alistair T ^a   Wing, Kirsty ^a   Akha, Elham Sadighi ^a   Knight, Samantha J L ^a   Bölte, Sven ^b   Schmötzer, Gabriele ^b   Duketis, Eftichia ^b   Poustka, Fritz ^b   Klauck, Sabine M ^c   Poustka, Annemarie ^c   Ragoussis, Jiannis ^a   Bailey, Anthony J ^d   Monaco, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME BAND; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COORDINATION DISORDER; EPILEPSY; GENE LOCUS; GENE LOSS; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INFANT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; FAMILY HEALTH; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE;

EID: 67349176356     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.228     Document Type: Article

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