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FISH for Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis
Published on: February 23, 2011
Diagnosis of microdeletion syndromes by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)
1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Current Protocols in Human Genetics
|April 23, 2008
Abstract:
This unit opens with an overview of microdeletions and methods for their detection. It goes on to describe a vast array of autosomal microdeletion syndromes, X-linked microdeletion syndromes, and microduplication syndromes. The final portion of the unit offers guidance for detecting such syndromes with Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (FISH).
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