Cryptic deletions and inversions of chromosome 21 in a phenotypically normal infant with transient abnormal myelopoiesis: A molecular cytogenetic study

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 473-479

  Kempski, Helena M ^a   Craze, Janet L ^b   Chessells, Judith M ^b   Reeves, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; FISH; Transient abnormal myelopoiesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CYTOGENETICS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE; LEUKEMIA CELL; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOPOIESIS; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0031784885     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00996.x     Document Type: Article

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