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Down's syndrome

The Possibility of a pathogenetic segment on chromosome No. 21

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This paper contains a brief survey of 12 patients with a G/G translocation en tandem and it is suggested, that trisomy of the band 21q22 might be pathogenetic in Down's syndrome.

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  1. University Institute of Medical Genetics, 2200, Copenhagen N., Denmark

    Erik Niebuhr

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Supported in part by Grant No. B. 885 from the P. Carl Petersens Foundation

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Niebuhr, E. Down's syndrome. Hum Genet 21, 99–101 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00278575

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