Dilemma of trisomy 20 mosaicism detected prenatally: Is it an innocent finding?

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 72-75

  Reish, Orit ^a,b   Wolach, Baruch ^a,b   Amiel, Aliza ^a,b   Kedar, Inbal ^a,b   Dolfin, Tzipora ^a,b   Fejgin, Moshe ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Mosaicism; Prenatal diagnosis; Trisomy chromosome 20

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME 20; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MOSAICISM; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KARYOTYPING; MOSAICISM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TRISOMY;

EID: 0032574683     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980428)77:1<72::AID-AJMG15>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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