Article
Copy number variations and clinical cytogenetic diagnosis of constitutional disorders.
Nature genetics - 1 Jul 2007
Lee Charles, Iafrate A John, Brothman Arthur R
Abstract excerpt
The recent appreciation of widespread copy number variation in the genomes of healthy human beings has presented a significant challenge to clinical cytogeneticists who wish to use genome-wide array comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) assays for clinical diagnostic purposes. Clinical cytogeneticists need to differentiate between copy number variants (CNVs) that are likely to be pathogenic and CNVs that are...
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