Reciprocal Translocation Associated With Multiple Exostoses in Seven Members of a Three Generation Family and Discovered Through an Infertile Male

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 123 A, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-83

  Pramparo, Tiziano ^a   Gregato, Giuliana ^a   De Gregori, Manuela ^a   Friso, Alessandra ^b   Clementi, Maurizio ^b   Ardenghi, Patrizia ^b   Rocchi, Mariano ^c   Zuffardi, Orsetta ^a,d   Tenconi, Romano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

EXT1; Multiple exostoses; Reciprocal translocations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GENETICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXT1 GENE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE; HEREDITARY MULTIPLE EXOSTOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NEWBORN DEATH; OLIGOSPERMIA; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; ROBERTSONIAN CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ROBERTSONIA;

EID: 0142232066     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20498     Document Type: Article

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