Challenges of interpreting copy number variation in syndromic and non-syndromic congenital heart defects

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 135, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 251-259

  Breckpot, J ^a   Thienpont, B ^b   Arens, Y ^c   Tranchevent, L C ^d   Vermeesch, J R ^a   Moreau, Y ^d   Gewillig, M ^a   Devriendt, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Array CGH; Congenital heart defects (CHD); Copy number variation (CNV); Non syndromic CHD

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DECISION TREES; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; SYNDROME;

EID: 83555162604     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331272     Document Type: Article

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