Delineation of Subtelomeric Deletion of the Long Arm of Chromosome 6

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 755-764

  Lee, Ji Yun ^a,c   Cho, Youl Hee ^b   Hallford, Gene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Array CGH; Chromosome 6q; Chromosome abnormality; FISH; Subtelomeric deletion

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EAR MALFORMATION; EPICANTHUS; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPOPLASIA; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; JOINT LAXITY; LIMB MALFORMATION; MICROCEPHALY; MICROGNATHIA; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STRABISMUS;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY;

EID: 80053565511     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2011.00675.x     Document Type: Review

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