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Trisomy-8 mosaicism: Report of a case

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An 8-year-old male with mental retardation, speech difficulties, and minor congenital anomalies is presented. The clinical findings suggest the trisomy-8 syndrome. The karyotype indicates trisomy-8 mosaicism with trisomic as well as normal cell lines in blood lymphocytes.

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  1. Servizio di Genetica Clinica, Clinica Pediatrica I, Università di Torino, Piazza Polonia 94, I-10126, Torino, Italy

    Margherita Cirillo Silengo, Gianfranco Davi, Giorgio Crua & Piergiorgio Franceschini

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Silengo, M.C., Davi, G., Crua, G. et al. Trisomy-8 mosaicism: Report of a case. Hum Genet 42, 323–326 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00291314

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