Robertsonian translocations: Mechanisms of formation, aneuploidy, and uniparental disomy and diagnostic considerations

Genetic Testing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 163-168

  Kim, Sung Ryul ^a,b   Shaffer, Lisa G ^a,b  

^a Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY; ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; GENOME IMPRINTING; ISOCHROMOSOME; MONOSOMY; PHENOTYPE; ROBERTSONIAN CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; TRISOMY;

ANEUPLOIDY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

ROBERTSONIA;

EID: 0036757284     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109065702761403315     Document Type: Article

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