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Genome-wide screening using automated fluorescent genotyping to detect cryptic cytogenetic abnormalities in children with idiopathic syndromic mental retardation.
Clinical genetics - 1 Aug 2004
Borck G, Rio M, Sanlaville D, Redon R, Molinari F, Bacq D, Raoul O, Cormier-Daire V, Lyonnet S, Amiel J, Le Merrer M, de Blois M-C, Prieur M, Vekemans M, Carter N P, Munnich A, Colleaux L
Abstract excerpt
Mental retardation (MR) is the most common developmental disability, affecting approximately 2% of the population. The causes of MR are diverse and poorly understood, but chromosomal rearrangements account for 4-28% of cases, and duplications/deletions smaller than 5 Mb are known to cause syndromic MR. We have previously developed a strategy based on automated fluorescent microsatellite genotyping to test for...
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