Familial cryptic (20;21) translocation identified by in situ hybridization technologies

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 273-277

  Leppig, Kathleen A ^a,c   Ball, Susie ^b   Au, Kam ^c   Opheim, Kent E ^a   Norwood, Thomas ^c,d  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^c Diagnostic Cytogenetics Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptic translocation; Multi target FISH

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPING; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; AMNIOCENTESIS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034648502     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8628(20000814)93:4<273::AID-AJMG4>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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