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Duplication of 9 p11.2-p13.1: a benign cytogenetic variant.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Aug 2004
Di Giacomo Marilena C, Cesarano Carla, Bukvic Nenad, Manisali Evangelia, Guanti Ginevra, Susca Francesco
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The detection of very rare variants in prenatal diagnosis often causes counseling difficulties and anxiety in parents. We describe a duplication of the proximal region of chromosome 9 short arm in two cases of prenatal diagnosis and in one young woman, with evidence that such rearrangement is an uncommon variant. The duplication was investigated using Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Although the...
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