Increased low-level chromosome 21 mosaicism in older individuals with Down syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-151

  Jenkins, Edmund C ^a   Schupf, Nicole ^a,b   Genovese, Marilyn ^a   Ye, Ling Ling ^a   Kapell, Deborah ^a   Canto, Basilisa ^b   Harris, Marsha ^a   Devenny, Darlynne ^a   Lee, Joseph H ^a,b   Brown, W Ted ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; Alzheimer disease; disomy 21; Down syndrome; low level mosaicism; mosaicism; trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY 21; X CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANEUPLOIDY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSAICISM; TRISOMY; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031044285     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970120)68:2<147::AID-AJMG5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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