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Parental origin and mechanisms of formation of three cases of 12p tetrasomy.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jul 1996
Turleau C, Simon-Bouy B, Austruy E, Grisard M C, Lemaire F, Molina-Gomes D, Siffroi J P, Boué J
Abstract excerpt
Pallister-Killian syndrome is a clinically recognizable syndrome characterized by tissue-limited mosaicism for an extra 12p isochromosome. Very little is known about the underlying mechanism of this rare rearrangement. Microsatellite markers were studied from three fetuses with Pallister-Killian syndrome and their parents to determine the parent of origin and the cell division yielding the additional...
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