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Subtelomere FISH analysis of 11 688 cases: an evaluation of the frequency and pattern of subtelomere rearrangements in individuals with developmental disabilities.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jun 2006
Ravnan J B, Tepperberg J H, Papenhausen P, Lamb A N, Hedrick J, Eash D, Ledbetter D H, Martin C L
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BACKGROUND: Subtelomere fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) analysis has increasingly been used as an adjunct to routine cytogenetic testing in order to detect small rearrangements. Previous reports have estimated an overall abnormality rate of 6%, with a range of 2-29% because of different...
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