Unique mosaicism of tetraploidy and trisomy 8: Clinical, cytogenetic, and molecular findings in a live-born infant

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-246

  Roberts, Helen E ^a,b,c   Saxe, Debra F ^b   Muralidharan, Kasinathan ^b   Coleman, Karlene B ^b   Zacharias, June F ^b   Fernhoff, Paul M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

mosaicism; tetraploidy; trisomy 8

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAPLOIDY; TRISOMY 8; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOSAICISM; POLYPLOIDY; TRISOMY;

EID: 0029985764     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960329)62:3<243::AID-AJMG8>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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