6q subtelomeric deletion: Is there a recognizable syndrome?

Clinical Dysmorphology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-106

  Stevenson, David A ^a   Brothman, Arthur R ^a   Carey, John C ^a   Chen, Zhong ^a   Dent, Karin M ^a   Bale Jr , James F ^a   Longo, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome 6; Developmental delay; Genomic microarray; Seizures; Subtelomeric deletion

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME SUBTELOMERE DELETION 6; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEXTROCARDIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA PROBE; ELBOW DISEASE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOPLASIA; INFANT; KNEE DISEASE; METAPHASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; SEIZURE; TELOMERE; THEORETICAL STUDY; CHROMOSOME 6; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DEXTROCARDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEIZURES; TELOMERE;

EID: 7444235828     PISSN: 09628827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019605-200404000-00010     Document Type: Article

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