Usefulness of fluorescence in situ hybridization for the diagnosis of Turner mosaic fetuses with small ring X chromosomes

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 229-233

  Sifforoi, Jean Pierre ^a,d   Dupuy, Olivier ^b   Joye, Nicole ^c,d   Le Bourhis, Corine ^a   Benzacken, Brigitte ^b   Portnoi, Marie France ^c,d   Berkane, Nadia ^a,d   Franco, Jean Claude ^a,d   Studer, Christophe ^b   Carbonne, Bruno ^c,d   Gonzales, Marie ^c,d   Bucourt, Martine ^b   Uzan, Serge ^a,d   Uzan, Michèle ^b   Milliez, Jacques ^c,d   Wolf, Jean Philippe ^b   Taillemite, Jean Louis ^c,d   Dadoune, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^b HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^d UFR S Antoine pour l'Est Parisien   (France)

Author keywords

Chromosomal mosaicism; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Prenatal diagnosis; Ring X chromosome; Turner's syndrome; XIST gene

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION CELL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RING CHROMOSOME; TURNER SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033934344     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021012     Document Type: Article

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