Deletion of the proximal portion of chromosome 4q is apparently rare. To our knowledge, prenatal diagnosis of the interstitial deletion of 4q12-21.1 has never been reported. We present a prenatal case of 4q deletion in association with a positive Down syndrome screening test of an elevated maternal
LETTER TO THE EDITOR. DE NOVO INTERSTITIAL PROXIMAL DELETION OF 14q AND PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF HOLOPROSENCEPHALY
โ Scribed by H. BRUYERE; B. FAVRE; S. DOUVIER; A. NIVELON-CHEVALIER; F. MUGNERET
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 372 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0197-3851
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