Article
Constitutional balanced chromosomal rearrangements and neoplasm in children.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 Dec 2001
Betts D R, Greiner J, Feldges A, Caflisch U, Niggli F K
Abstract excerpt
A predisposition to tumor development is currently associated with some, but not all, constitutional chromosomal abnormalities. In a series of 578 children, in which conventional cytogenetic investigation was performed on material from various benign and malignant tumors, four boys and one girl were also found to have constitutional balanced chromosomal rearrangements. The figure of 5 in 578 is notable because...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
