Two newborns with chromosome 4 imbalances: Deletion 4q33 → q35 and ring r(4)(pterq35.2-qter)

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 264-267

  Calabrese, G ^a   Giannotti, A ^b   Mingarelli, R ^a   Di Gilio, M C ^b   Piemontese, M R ^c   Palka, Giandomenico ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fish; Interstitial deletion; Ring chromosome; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RING CHROMOSOME; TELOMERE;

EID: 0030984691     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1997.tb02467.x     Document Type: Article

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