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Reciprocal translocation t(5;6)(p13;q27) through three generations: Case report of cri du chat syndrome

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A male infant with cri du chat syndrome was found to have a deletion of the short arm of No. 5 chromosome and which was due to maternal reciprocal translocation t(5;6)(p13;q27). His elder sister and his grandfather were also identified as the translocation carriers.

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  1. Department of Genetics, Hyogo College of Medicine, 663, Nishinomiya, Japan

    T. Hashimoto, H. Chiyo & J. Furuyama

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Wakayama Medical College, Wakayama, Japan

    R. Tsukino

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Hashimoto, T., Tsukino, R., Chiyo, H. et al. Reciprocal translocation t(5;6)(p13;q27) through three generations: Case report of cri du chat syndrome. Hum Genet 53, 145–147 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00273485

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