Microdeletion syndromes

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 232-239

  Carvill, Gemma L ^a   Mefford, Heather C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; EPILEPSY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICRODELETION SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMITH MAGENIS SYNDROME; VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; EPILEPSY; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84879889206     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2013.03.004     Document Type: Review

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