Three consecutive triploidy pregnancies in a woman: Genetic predisposition?

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 985-986

  Huang, Bing ^a,b   Prensky, Larry ^c   Thangavelu, Maya ^a,b   Main, Denise ^c   Wang, Shengbiao ^d  

^a GENZYME GENETICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGENESIS; ALLELE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; LETTER; MEIOSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRIPLOIDY;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYPLOIDY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 10044257460     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201274     Document Type: Letter

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