Duplication of the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome critical region causes neurodevelopmental delay

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 136-140

  Hannes, Femke ^a   Drozniewska, Malgorzata ^b   Vermeesch, Joris R ^a   Haus, Olga ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

4p16.3 duplication; Array CGH; FISH; Wolf Hirschhorn syndrome critical region

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; SPEECH DISORDER; WOLF HIRSCHHORN SYNDROME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FACIES; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; PHENOTYPE;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FACIES; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; WOLF-HIRSCHHORN SYNDROME;

EID: 77952033488     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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