Accurate, Fast and Cost-Effective Diagnostic Test for Monosomy 1p36 Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR

Monosomy 1p36 is considered the most common subtelomeric deletion syndrome in humans and it accounts for 0.5–0.7% of all the cases of idiopathic intellectual disability. The molecular diagnosis is often made by microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH), which has the drawback of bein...

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Main Authors: Pricila da Silva Cunha, Heloisa B. Pena, Carla Sustek D’Angelo, Celia P. Koiffmann, Jill A. Rosenfeld, Lisa G. Shaffer, Martin Stofanko, Higgor Gonçalves-Dornelas, Sérgio Danilo Junho Pena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Disease Markers
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/836082