Sibs with tetrasomy 18p born to a mother with trisomy 18p.
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Sibs with tetrasomy 18p born to a mother with trisomy 18p.
We report a family with an 18p trisomic mother and two 18p tetrasomic daughters. The mother is phenotypically normal and healthy, but with an unusual type of trisomy 18p: 47,XX,del(18)(pter----p11.21),+i(18p) de novo. The older sister has microcephaly, mental retardation, an asymmetrical and peculiar face with low set ears, pinched up nose, high arched palate, small mouth, micrognathia, taperin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Genetics
سال: 1989
ISSN: 1468-6244
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.26.3.195