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Genetic dosage compensation in a family with velo-cardio-facial/DiGeorge/22q11.2 deletion syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Mar 2011
Alkalay Avishai A, Guo Tingwei, Montagna Cristina, Digilio M Cristina, Dallapiccola Bruno, Marino Bruno, Morrow Bernice
Abstract excerpt
Cytogenetic studies of a male child carrying the 22q11.2 deletion common in patients with velo-cardio-facial/DiGeorge syndrome showed an unexpected rearrangement of the 22q11.2 region in his normal appearing mother. The mother carried a 3 Mb deletion on one copy and a reciprocal, similar sized duplication on the other copy of chromosome 22q11.2 as shown by fluorescence in situ hybridization and array comparative...
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