Gene copy number variation and common human disease

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 201-213

  Fanciulli, M ^a   Petretto, E ^a,b   Aitman, T J ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene copy number; Gene deletion; Gene duplication; Human common diseases; Human genomic disorders

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERM LINE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOMATIC MUTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 77950121267     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2009.01342.x     Document Type: Review

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