A clinical and molecular genetic study of 112 Iranian families with primary microcephaly

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 823-828

  Darvish, H ^a   Esmaeeli Nieh, S ^a,b   Monajemi, G B ^a   Mohseni, M ^a   Ghasemi Firouzabadi, S ^a   Abedini, S S ^a   Bahman, I ^a   Jamali, P ^c   Azimi, S ^a   Mojahedi, F ^d   Dehghan, A ^e   Shafeghati, Y ^a   Jankhah, A ^f   Falah, M ^a   Soltani Banavandi, M J ^g   Ghani Kakhi, M ^h   Garshasbi, M ^b   Rakhshani, F ⁱ   Naghavi, A ⁱ   Tzschach, A ^b   Neitzel, H ^h   Ropers, H H ^b   Kuss, A W ^b   Behjati, F ^a   Kahrizi, K ^a   Najmabadi, Hossein ^a,j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c Ali Akbar Welfare Organization   (Iran)

^d Genetics Counselling Center   (Iran)

^e Welfare Organization   (Iran)

^f Genetics Counseling Centre   (Iran)

^g ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^h CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

ⁱ ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^j Kariminejad Najmabadi Pathology and Genetics Center   (Iran)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCEPHALIN; MICROCEPHALIN 1; MICROCEPHALIN 5; MICROCEPHALIN 6; MICROCEPHALIN 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SHORT STATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC LOCI; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IRAN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; METAPHASE; MICROCEPHALY; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROPHASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649634667     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: 14686244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2009.076398     Document Type: Article

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