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Williams-Beuren syndrome: diagnosis by polymorphic markers.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 Apr 2010
Sbruzzi Ivanete C, Pereira Alexandre C, Vasconcelos Beatriz, Honjo Raquel S, Krieger José E, Kim Chong A
Abstract excerpt
Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) is caused by a 1-2 Mb microdeletion in the region 7q11.23. The clinical presentation may vary and most of the connective tissue abnormalities can be explained by the haploinsufficiency of the ELN gene in this region. The purpose of this study was to determine the value of a polymerase chain reaction assay that uses three polymorphic markers to detect the microdeletion and compare...
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