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Prenatal UPD testing survey in Robertsonian translocations
F Gualandi1, A Sensi, C Trabanelli
1Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Diagnostica, Sezione di Genetica Medica, Università di Ferrara, Italy. gdf@dns.unife.it
Prenatal Diagnosis
|June 22, 2000
Abstract:
A systematic search was made for uniparental disomy (UPD) in familial or de novo balanced Robertsonian translocations, identified by prenatal cytogenetic investigations. Parent-of-origin studies were performed using molecular markers for both chromosomes involved in the translocation. No UPD cases were identified out of 23 analysed cases. The results presented here, combined with other available data, provide preliminary elements for genetic counselling in these common chromosomal rearrangements.