An update on chromosome deletion and microdeletion syndromes.

doi:10.1097/00008480-199810060-00015

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An update on chromosome deletion and microdeletion syndromes.

Current opinion in pediatrics - 1 Dec 1998

Shapira S K

Abstract excerpt

Chromosome deletion and microdeletion syndromes account for an increasing number of clinically recognizable genetic conditions. New deletion syndromes continue to be characterized, and a number of previously described syndromes are being found to be due to chromosomal deletions or microdeletions....

Topics

Chromosome Aberrations
Chromosome Deletion
Chromosome Mapping
Genetic Testing
Humans
In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
Molecular Biology
Phenotype
Prognosis

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