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SNP array and FISH analysis of a proband with a 22q13.2- 22qter duplication shed light on the molecular origin of the rearrangement.
BMC medical genetics - 7 Jul 2015
Magri Chiara, Marchina Eleonora, Bertini Valeria, Traversa Michele, Savio Giulia, Pilotta Alba, Piovani Giovanna
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BACKGROUND: In about one third of healthy subjects, the microscopic analysis of chromosomes reveals heteromorphisms with no clinical implications: for example changes in size of the short arm of acrocentric chromosomes. In patients with a pathological phenotype, however, a large acrocentric short arm can mask a genomic imbalance and should be investigated in more detail. We report the first case of a chromosome...
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