Mosaic Trisomy 11p in Monozygotic Twins with Discordant Clinical Phenotypes

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 124 A, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 288-291

  Marcus Soekarman, D ^a   Hamers, G ^a   Velzeboer, S ^a   Nijhuis, J ^a   Loneus, W H ^a   Herbergs, J ^a,b   De Die Smulders, C ^a,b   Schrander Stumpel, C ^a,b   Engelen, J ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discrepant phenotype; Monozygotic twins; Mosaicism; Trisomy 11p; Unbalanced structural rearrangement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOSAICISM; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY; TRISOMY 11P; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

EID: 0346492838     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20403     Document Type: Article

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