[Unusual cases of the inheritance of Down's syndrome]

Tsitol Genet. 1988 May-Jun;22(3):25-9.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Three unusual cases of Down's syndrome inheritance are presented which permit supposing that microstructural chromosome aberrations in parents may induce not only a structural imbalance of chromosomal material in progeny, but also a numerical imbalance.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Chromosome Aberrations
  • Chromosome Banding
  • Down Syndrome / genetics*
  • Down Syndrome / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Karyotyping
  • Lymphocytes / ultrastructure
  • Male
  • Metaphase
  • Phenotype