Questionable pathogenicity of FOXG1 duplication

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 595-596

  Amor, David J ^a,b   Burgess, Trent ^a   Tan, Tiong Y ^a   Pertile, Mark D ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPILEPSY; FOXG1 GENE; GENE; GENOME; HEMIFACIAL MICROSOMIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPEECH DISORDER; WEST SYNDROME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS;

EID: 84861199848     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.267     Document Type: Letter

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