Familial Cryptic Translocation (2;17) Ascertained Through Recurrent Spontaneous Abortions

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 123 A, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-289

  Bruyere, Helene ^a,c   Rajcan Separovic, Evica ^a   Doyle, J ^b   Pantzar, Tapio ^a   Langlois, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Vernon Jubilee Hospital   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Monosomy 2q37.2 qter; Recurrent spontaneous abortions; Stillbirth; Subtelomic translocation; Trisomy 17q25 qter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ARM; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBE; MONOSOMY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TELOMERE;

EID: 0345327682     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20228     Document Type: Article

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