Article
Mosaic trisomy 11p in monozygotic twins with discordant clinical phenotypes.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 30 Jan 2004
Marcus-Soekarman D, Hamers G, Velzeboer S, Nijhuis J, Loneus W H, Herbergs J, de Die-Smulders C, Schrander-Stumpel C, Engelen J
Abstract excerpt
We report on monozygotic (MZ) twins with a de novo mos 46,XX,der(15)t(11;15)(p12;p11.2)/46,XX karyotype varying in different tissues. The clinical presentation and findings at the cytogenetic level are described. One of the infants had definite minor anomalies at birth, also found in other cases of trisomy of 11p resembling the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Theoretical backgrounds regarding the string of events...
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