Can the classical euchromatic variants of 9q12/qh+ cause recurrent abortions?

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-286

  Dundar, Munis ^a   Caglayan, A O ^a   Saatci, C ^a   Batukan, C ^a   Basbug, M ^a   Ozkul, Y ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Euchromatic variants; Genetic counseling; Recurrent abortion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CHROMOSOME G BAND; CYTOGENETICS; EUCHROMATIN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; METAPHASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT ABORTION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; EUCHROMATIN; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55049106065     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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