Identification and molecular characterization of two novel chromosomal deletions associated with autism

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 449-456

  Chien, W H ^a   Gau, S F ^b,c   Wu, Y Y ^d   Huang, Y S ^d   Fang, J S ^a   Chen, Y J ^e,f   Soong, W T ^b,g   Chiu, Y N ^b   Chen, C H ^a,d,h  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g National Health Research Institutes ^*  (Taiwan)

^h NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Array based comparative genome hybridization; Autism; Copy number variation; Deletion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; MALE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 78149272559     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2010.01395.x     Document Type: Article

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