Non-syndromic language delay in a child with disruption in the Protocadherin11X/Y gene pair

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 484-489

  Speevak, Marsha D ^a   Farrell, Sandra A ^a  

^a CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

FISH; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Oligonucleotide array; PCDH11X Y

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; DNA; PROTOCADHERIN 11X; PROTOCADHERIN 11Y; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION X; CHROMOSOME XQ; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA REPAIR; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE LOSS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; INTRON; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH THERAPY; SYNDACTYLY; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

CADHERINS; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE DELETION;

HOMINIDAE; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 79955102373     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31186     Document Type: Article

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