Deletion of CUL4B leads to concordant phenotype in a monozygotic twin pair

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 292-294

  Ravn, K ^a,b   Lindquist, S G ^c   Nielsen, K ^a   Dahm, T L ^d   Tumer Z ^a,e  

^a Applied Human Molecular Genetics   (Denmark)

^b Center for Rett syndrome   (Denmark)

^c JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULLIN; CULLIN 4B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; INTRON; LETTER; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; SPEECH DISORDER; VERTEBRATE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; CULLIN PROTEINS; DISEASES IN TWINS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84861007906     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2011.01839.x     Document Type: Letter

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