Handling small supernumerary marker chromosomes in prenatal diagnostics

Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-324

  Liehr, Thomas ^b   Ewers, Elisabeth ^b   Kosyakova, Nadezda ^b   Klaschka, Vivian ^b   Rietz, Franziska ^b   Wagner, Rebecca ^b   Weise, Anja ^a  

^a Institute of Human Genetics and Anthropology   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytogenetics; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Molecular cytogenetics; Prenatal diagnosis; Small supernumerary marker chromosome

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CAT EYE SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME MICRODISSECTION; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMANUEL SYNDROME; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INHERITANCE; ISOCHROMOSOME 18; MARKER CHROMOSOME; PALLISTER HALL SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MOSAICISM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 66449091845     PISSN: 14737159     EISSN: 17448352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erm.09.17     Document Type: Review

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