Aneuploidies, chromosome aberrations and dominant gene mutations detected in 113,913 consecutive newborn children in Mexico.

doi:10.1016/0027-5107(90)90105-d

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Aneuploidies, chromosome aberrations and dominant gene mutations detected in 113,913 consecutive newborn children in Mexico.

Mutation research - 1 Sept 1990

Hernández A, Reynoso M C, Soto F, Quiñones D, Nazará Z, Rolón A, Jiménez M E, Blancarte R

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Data on 113,913 liveborn children from a hospital in Guadalajara, Jalisco (Mexico), were analysed for birth defects (BD); mutation rates were calculated for sporadic aneuploidy, chromosome aberrations and dominant gene mutations. The results showed a general incidence of 13.92 BD cases per 1000 l...

Topics

Aneuploidy
Chromosome Aberrations
Congenital Abnormalities
Female
Genes, Dominant
Humans
Incidence
Infant, Newborn
Male
Mexico
Mutation

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