Forging links between human mental retardation-associated CNVs and mouse gene knockout models.

Rare copy number variants (CNVs) are frequently associated with common neurological disorders such as mental retardation (MR; learning disability), autism, and schizophrenia. CNV screening in clinical practice is limited because pathological CNVs cannot be distinguished routinely from benign CNVs, a...

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Main Authors: Webber, C, Hehir-Kwa, J, Nguyen, D, de Vries, B, Veltman, J, Ponting, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2009