Prenatal diagnosis of a fetus with a cryptic translocation 4p;18p and Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS)

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 152-155

  Kohlschmidt, Nicolai ^a,b   Zielinski, Judith ^a   Brude, Elke ^b   Schäfer, Dieter ^b   Olert, Jürgen ^a   Hallermann, Christian ^a   Coerdt, Wiltrud ^a   Arnemann, Joachim ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^c Institute of Human Genetics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptic translocation; Monosomy 4p; Single umbical artery; Trisomy 18p; Wolf Hirschhorn syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APLASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 4P; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; MALE; PARTIAL MONOSOMY; PARTIAL TRISOMY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD; WOLF HIRSCHHORN SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MONOSOMY; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SYNDROME; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TRISOMY;

CANIS;

EID: 0033981111     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(200002)20:2<152::AID-PD738>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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