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Cryptic subtelomeric rearrangements and X chromosome mosaicism: a study of 565 apparently normal individuals with fluorescent in situ hybridization.
PloS one - 10 Jun 2009
Wise Jasen L, Crout Richard J, McNeil Daniel W, Weyant Robert J, Marazita Mary L, Wenger Sharon L
Abstract excerpt
Five percent of patients with unexplained mental retardation have been attributed to cryptic unbalanced subtelomeric rearrangements. Half of these affected individuals have inherited the rearrangement from a parent who is a carrier for a balanced translocation. However, the frequency of carriers for cryptic balanced translocations is unknown. To determine this frequency, 565 phenotypically normal unrelated...
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