Article
Familial translocation 5;14 resulting in an unbalanced offspring.
American journal of medical genetics - 1 Jun 1991
Park J P, Edwards M J, Moeschler J B, Marin-Padilla J M, Berg S Z, Wurster-Hill D H
Abstract excerpt
We report on an infant with multiple congenital anomalies possessing a derivative 14 chromosome in excess of the normal complement, resulting from transmission of a familial t(5;14)(p13;q22). The proposita's phenotypically normal mother, mentally retarded half-brother, and fetal sib are carriers of the apparently balanced translocation. Previous cases of similar familial t(5;14) are reviewed. The proposita's...
Topics
- Abnormalities, Multiple
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Phenotype
- Translocation, Genetic
