Familial complex chromosome rearrangement giving rise to balanced and unbalanced recombination products

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-34

  Zahed, L ^a   Der Kaloustian, V ^b   Batanian, J R ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Familial CCR; FISH studies; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 8P; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MONOSOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PEDIGREE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031661854     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980827)79:1<30::AID-AJMG8>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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