Grandmaternal origin of an isochromosome 18p present in two maternal half-sisters

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-69

  Boyle, Jane ^a   Sangha, Karan ^a   Dill, Fred ^a   Robinson, Wendy P ^a,b   Yong, Siu Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Centromeric misdivision; Isochromosome; Meiosis; Tetrasomy 18p

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTROMERE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 18P; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FIBROBLAST; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; ISOCHROMOSOME; ISOCHROMOSOME 18; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SIBLING; STEM CELL; TETRASOMY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOCHROMOSOMES; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MOSAICISM; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0035370539     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1295     Document Type: Article

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