Trizygotic dichorionic triplets with 46,XX/46,XY chimerism in both fetuses of the monochorionic pair

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1091-1093

  Parva, Mehdi ^a   Donnenfeld, Alan E ^a   Gerson, Andrew ^a  

^a LANKENAU HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnion; Chimerism; Chorion; Triplets

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHIMERA; CHORION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; CHIMERISM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONADAL DYSGENESIS, MIXED; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; TRIPLETS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 70350438438     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2368     Document Type: Article

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