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Maternal mosaicism confounds the neonatal diagnosis of type 1 Timothy syndrome.
Pediatrics - 1 Jun 2013
Dufendach Keith A, Giudicessi John R, Boczek Nicole J, Ackerman Michael J
Abstract excerpt
The presence of 2 distinct populations of somatic or germline cells within a single individual harboring different genotypes is termed mosaicism. Recent reports suggest that parental mosaicism is involved in the heritability of type 1 Timothy syndrome (TS1), an extremely rare and life-threatening multisystem disorder characterized by severe QT interval prolongation, syndactyly, and several other complications....
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