A balanced translocation was found in a normal female with a history of four abortions. On the basis of the Giemsa-banding pattern the abnormality was interpreted as to be a translocation of a part of the long arm of chromosome 13 to the short arm of chromosome some 7:t(7;13)(7qter leads to 7p22::13
Recurrent abortions and paternal balanced translocation t(1q-;13q+)
✍ Scribed by Danuta Rożynkowa; Barbara Tr⪟bicka-Kwiatkowska; Janina St⪟pień; Bożenna R⩯czkiewicz; Andrzej Krzemiński
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 380 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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✦ Synopsis
A healthy husband showing balanced simple translocation (1q--;13q+) is presented. The relevance of these findings to genetic counselling prompted by recurrent abortion in his wife is discussed.
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