A de novo 4q34 interstitial deletion of at least 9.3 Mb with no discernible phenotypic effect

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 152, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1764-1769

  Bateman, Mark S ^a   Mehta, Sarju G ^b   Willatt, Lionel ^b   Selkirk, Elizabeth ^c   Bedwell, Clare ^c   Zwolinski, Simon ^c   Sparnon, Leeanne ^b   Simonic, Ingrid ^b   Abbott, Kristin ^b   Barber, John C K ^a  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4q34; De novo; Deletion; Gene paucity; No phenotypic effect; Non pathogenic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS; BASE PAIRING; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; MALE;

ADULT; BASE PAIRING; CHILD; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 77954140512     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33426     Document Type: Article

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