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A further example of familial Gp+ associated with trisomy G

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Transmission of the enlarged short arm of a small acrocentric chromosome through three generations is reported. In the third generation this chromosomal anomaly was associated with trisomy G.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medical Hygiene, Charles University, Prague

    Ivan Šubrt

  2. Laboratory for Cytogenetics Department of Pediatrics, Faculty Hospital, Vinohradská 159, 10, Prague, Czechoslovakia

    Ivan Šubrt

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Šubrt, I. A further example of familial Gp+ associated with trisomy G. Humangenetik 9, 86–90 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00696017

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