Germline mosaicism in cornelia de lange syndrome: Dilemmas and risk figures

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 161, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1825-1826

  Mariani, Milena ^a   Bettini, Laura R ^a   Cereda, Anna ^a   Maitz, Silvia ^a   Gervasini, Cristina ^b   Russo, Silvia ^c   Masciadri, Maura ^c   Biondi, Andrea ^a   Larizza, Lidia ^b,c   Selicorni, Angelo ^a  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORNELIADE LANGE SYNDROME; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HDAC8 GENE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSAICISM; NIPBL GENE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAD21 GENE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIBLING; SMC1A GENE; SMC3 GENE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

DE LANGE SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOSAICISM;

EID: 84879463873     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.35988     Document Type: Letter

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