Susceptibility to aneuploidy in young mothers of Down syndrome children

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 1052-1060

  Migliore, Lucia ^a   Migheli, Francesca ^a   Coppedè, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease (AD); Down syndrome D; Epigenetics; Folate metabolism; Mothers of Down syndrome children; Risk factors; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOWN SYNDROME; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; MICRONUCLEUS; MOSAICISM; NONDISJUNCTION; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS; TRISOMY 21;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MATERNAL AGE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MOTHERS; NONDISJUNCTION, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 72849149386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2009.122     Document Type: Short Survey

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