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Mosaic tetrasomy 21 in severe mental handicap

✍ Scribed by J. P. Fryns; P. Petit; L. Vinken; J. Geutjens; J. Marien; H. Berghe

Book ID: 104775599
Publisher: Springer
Year: 1982
Tongue: English
Weight: 786 KB
Volume: 139
Category: Article
ISSN: 0340-6997
DOI: 10.1007/bf00442089

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✦ Synopsis

A 5-year-old boy with severe mental handicap, dysmorphic stigmata and a tetrasomy 21 in fibroblasts is reported. Blood lymphocytes of the patient have a normal karyotype. The origin of this tetrasomy 21 mosaicism is discussed.

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