Sequence variation in ultraconserved and highly conserved elements does not cause X-linked mental retardation.
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Armand Bottani, Jamel Chelly, Arjan P.M. de Brouwer, Bruno Pardo, Mandy Barker, Valeria Capra, Lucia Bartoloni, Stylianos E. Antonarakis, and Bernard Conrad* Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, Geneva University Medical School and University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland Institut Cochin, Département de Génétique et Pathologie Moléculaire, Equipe de Génétique et Physiopathologie des Retards Mentaux, rue du Faubourg St Jacques, Paris, France Department of Human Genetics 417, University Medical Center Nijmegen, St. Radboud, HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands U.O. Neurochirurgia, Istituto Scientifico Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy Division of Human Genetics and Cytogenetics, Bern University Children’s Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- American journal of medical genetics. Part A
دوره 143A 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007