Subtelomeric MLPA: Is it really useful in prenatal diagnosis?

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 30, Issue 12-13, 2010, Pages 1165-1169

  Mademont Soler, Irene ^a   Morales, Carme ^a,b   Bruguera, Jordi ^a   Madrigal, Irene ^b   Clusellas, Núria ^a,b   Margarit, Ester ^a,b,c   Sánchez, Aurora ^a,b,c   Soler, Anna ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

MLPA; Prenatal diagnosis; Subtelomeric imbalances

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME 20P; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; ULTRASOUND;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELOMERE;

EID: 78649671321     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2635     Document Type: Article

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