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Oral mucosa spectrophotometric changes in healthy parents of patients with Down syndrome.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Sept 2004
Latini Giuseppe, De Felice Claudio, Parrini Stefano, Chitano G, Verrotti Alberto
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Down syndrome (DS) is one of the most frequent causes of mental retardation. To date, no phenotypical markers in the parents of DS offspring are known. Here, we tested the value of oral mucosal reflectance spectrophotometry in identifying unaffected parents of DS patients (free trisomy 21). METHODS: Oral mucosal reflectance spectrophotometry has been evaluated in 28 parents of DS patients and in 28...
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