New heritable fragile site at 15q13 in both members of a nonconsanguineous couple

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 118 A, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 290-292

  Karadeniz, Nadide Nilüfer ^a,c   Tunca, Yusuf ^b   Imirzalioǧlu, Necat ^b  

^a DR ZEKAI TAHIR BURAK WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chromosome 15; Fragile sites; Genetic counseling; Spontaneous abortions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITE; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0042321150     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.10196     Document Type: Article

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