Prenatal diagnosis of foetuses with congenital abnormalities and duplication of the MECP2 region

Gene

Volumn 546, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 222-225

  Fu, Fang ^a   Liu, Huan ling ^b   Li, Ru ^a   Han, Jin ^a   Yang, Xin ^a   Min, Pan ^a   Zhen, Li ^a   Zhang, Yong ling ^a   Xie, Gui e ^a   Lei, Ting ying ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Li, Jian ^a   Li, Dong zhi ^a   Liao, Can ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Panyu District Central Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Chromosome microarray analysis; Congenital malformation; Prenatal diagnosis; The MECP2 duplication syndrome

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CHOROID PLEXUS CYST; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME XQ; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X LINKED MENTAL RETARDATION; AMNIOCENTESIS; CASE REPORT; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CHOROID PLEXUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CORDOCENTESIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CHROMOSOME MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; THE MECP2 DUPLICATION SYNDROME;

BRAIN; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION, X-LINKED; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84903541599     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.06.012     Document Type: Article

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