Long contiguous stretches of homozygosity detected by chromosomal microarrays (CMA) in patients with neurodevelopmental disorders in the South of Brazil

• Main Authors: Tiago Fernando Chaves (Author), Luan Freitas Oliveira (Author), Maristela Ocampos (Author), Ingrid Tremel Barbato (Author), Gisele Rozone de Luca (Author), Jorge Humbeto Barbato Filho (Author), Louise Lapagesse de Camargo Pinto (Author), Pricila Bernardi (Author), Angelica Francesca Maris (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Currently, chromosomal microarrays (CMA) are recommended as first-tier test in the investigation of developmental disorders to examine copy number variations. The modern platforms also include probes for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that detect homozygous regions in the...