Genetic studies in intellectual disability and related disorders

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 9-18

  Vissers, Lisenka E L M ^a   Gilissen, Christian ^a   Veltman, Joris A ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; DOWN SYNDROME; EPILEPSY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INHERITANCE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POINT MUTATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; REVIEW; ANIMAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS;

ANIMALS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 84951569870     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3999     Document Type: Review

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