Allelic dropout can cause false-positive results for prader-willi and Angelman syndrome testing

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-112

  Askree, Syed Hussain ^a   Hjelm, Lawrence N ^a   Pervaiz, Muhammad Ali ^a   Adam, Margaret ^b   Bean, Lora J H ^a   Hedge, Madhuri ^a   Coffee, Bradford ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SNRPN GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 78651087384     PISSN: 15251578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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