De novo balanced translocation (6;18)(q21;q21.3) in a patient with heterotaxia

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 184-186

  Kato, Rumiko ^a   Yamada, Yutaka ^b   Niikawa, Norio ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

18q21.3; 6q21; connexin43 gene; heterotaxia; Inv; Iv; situs determining gene; translocation

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 18; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 6; DEXTROCARDIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; TELECANTHUS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; FEMALE; HUMANS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 0030456191     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19961211)66:2<184::AID-AJMG11>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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