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Trisomy 18 mosaicism: report of two cases.
World journal of pediatrics : WJP - 1 May 2013
Banka Siddharth, Metcalfe Kay, Clayton-Smith Jill
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mosaic trisomy 18 has a wide phenotypic spectrum ranging from near normal to early death. We report two cases that add to our knowledge of the disease. METHODS: Patient 1 was a girl with a tracheoesophageal fistula, horse-shoe kidneys and a ventricular septal defect. Karyotyping of her lymphocytes showed complete trisomy 18. Due to her milder phenotypes, skin fibroblasts were karyotyped. Patient 2 was...
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