A case of apparent trisomy 21 without the Down's syndrome phenotype

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 597-600

  Avramopoulos, D ^a   Kennerknecht, I ^b   Barbi, G ^b   Eckert, D ^c   Delabar, J M ^d   Maunoury, C ^d   Hallberg, A ^e   Petersen, M B ^a,e  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome; Mosaicism; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME MARKER; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHERITANCE; KARYOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE; MOSAICISM; MOTHER; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 0030851892     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.7.597     Document Type: Article

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