Stable non-Robertsonian dicentric chromosomes: four new cases and a review
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A rare non-Robertsonian translocation involving chromosomes 15 and 21.
CONTEXT Robertsonian translocations (RT) are among the most common balanced structural rearrangements in humans and comprise complete chromatin fusion of the long arm of two acrocentric chromosomes. Nevertheless, non-Robertsonian translocation involving these chromosomes is a rare event. CASE REPORT We report a de novo unbalanced translocation involving chromosomes 15 and 21. The newborn was ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Genetics
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0022-2593,1468-6244
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.38.1.76