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Maternal transmission of a ring chromosome 15.
Genetic counseling (Geneva, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2003
Nikitina N V, Bushueva O A, Nikolaeva E B, Pavlov G V, Lurie I W
Abstract excerpt
A 5-year-old boy with Silver-Russell-like phenotype and developmental delay was found to have a ring chromosome 15. The same r(15) was found in his slightly mentally retarded mother with mild dysmorphism. Analysis of the literature showed 34 families with direct vertical transmission of a ring autosome. In 30 of these families abnormal chromosomes were inherited from the mothers; both maternal and paternal...
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