5q31 microdeletions: Definition of a critical region and analysis of LRRTM2, a candidate gene for intellectual disability

Molecular Syndromology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 68-75

  Kleffmann, W ^a   Zink, A M ^a   Lee, J A ^a   Senderek, J ^d   Mangold, E ^a   Moog, U ^b   Rappold, G A ^c   Wohlleber, E ^a   Engels, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Institute of Human Genetics   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

5q31.2; Candidate gene; Developmental delay; Intellectual disability; LRRTM2; Microdeletion; Molecular karyotyping

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUREXIN;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION 5; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERACTIVITY; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT TRANSMEMBRANE NEURONAL PROTEIN 2 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 84865308904     PISSN: 16618769     EISSN: 16618777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341252     Document Type: Article

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