Prague Med. Rep. 2012, 113, 279-288

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2015.11

Cryptic Chromosome Rearrangements in Five Patients, with Normal and/or Abnormal Karyotypes, Associated with Mental Retardation, Autism and/or Epilepsy, Detected by BAC Genome Array-CGH

V. Cabras1, A. Milia2, C. Montaldo3, Anna Lisa Nucaro4

1Department of Experimental Medical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
2Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
3Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
4Genetic and Biomedical Research Institute – CNR, Cittadella Universitaria, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy

Received March 19, 2012
Accepted October 10, 2012

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