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Analysis of the spectrum of malformations in human fetuses of the second and third trimester of pregnancy with human triploidy.
Pathologica - 1 Aug 2000
Sergi C, Schiesser M, Adam S, Otto H F
Abstract excerpt
Triploidy is constituted by an extra haploid set of chromosomes for a total of 69 chromosomes in humans. A "parent-of-origin" effect has been demonstrated by analysis of cytogenetic polymorphisms of triploidy pregnancies. Two distinct phenotypes of human triploid fetuses have been recognized according to the parental origin of the extra haploid set. The first one or triploidy of diandric type occurs when the...
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