Presumed mutation in a microsatellite marker mimicking segmental uniparental disomy in a case of a small supernumerary marker chromosome detected at prenatal diagnosis [4]

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 168-171

  von Eggeling, F ^b   Langer, S ^b   Hoppe, C ^b   Liehr, T ^b   Weise, A ^b   Lederer, G ^b   Kotzot, Dieter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BAND; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; EUCHROMATIN; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HEALTH STATUS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPHASE; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPING; LETTER; MALE; MARKER CHROMOSOME; METAPHASE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR PROBE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

EID: 0041630702     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2003.00102.x     Document Type: Letter

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