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Karyotype, phenotype and parental origin in 19 cases of triploidy.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Dec 2001
Daniel A, Wu Z, Bennetts B, Slater H, Osborn R, Jackson J, Pupko V, Nelson J, Watson G, Cooke-Yarborough C, Loo C
Abstract excerpt
The parental origin of triploidy in 19 cases was examined by inheritance of DNA microsatellites and by methylation patterns of SNRPN or PW71 (where parents' blood was unavailable). The fetal and placental morphology on these cases was reviewed. The phenotype of the fetuses with non-mosaic triploidy was assessed in relation to the two types described by McFadden and Kalousek. Of the diandric fetuses three of the...
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