Down syndrome: Characterisation of a case with partial trisomy of chromosome 21 owing to a paternal balanced translocation (15;21) (q26;q22.1) by FISH

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-54

  Nadal, Marga ^a   Moreno, Sira ^b   Pritchard, Melanie ^a   Preciado, Miguel A ^b   Estivill, Xavier ^a   Ramos Arroyo, Maria A ^b  

^a Institut de Recerca Oncologica   (Spain)

^b Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

21q22.1 qter trisomy; Down syndrome; Partial trisomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 21Q; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 15; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE; MALE; PARTIAL TRISOMY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031029826     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.1.50     Document Type: Article

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