Chromosome rearrangements among couples with pregnancy losses and other adverse reproductive outcomes

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During the years 1975-1987, 1,364 cytogenetic studies were performed in 682 couples with history of adverse pregnancy outcome. Thirty-six balanced translocations were detected, 24 (3.5%) in women and 12 (1.7%) in men. Before 1982, all 234 couples studied had 2 or more spontaneous abortions with unknown pedigrees, with an incidence of 6.8% of balanced translocations. During 1982-1987, complete pedigree analysis...

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