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Complex balanced translocation of chromosomes 2,3, and 13

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A rare maternal complex balanced translocation, 46,XX, t(2;3;13)(q37;p11;q14) carrier state is described in a 24-year-old black mother. Her children demonstrate normal, balanced and unbalanced segregation patterns derived from this balanced chromosomal arrangement.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Oklahoma Children's Memorial Hospital, 940 N.E. 13th Street, P.O. Box 26901, 73190, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

    Razia S. Muneer, David L. Donaldson & Owen M. Rennert

  2. Department of Genetics, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Oklahoma Children's Memorial Hospital, 940 N.E. 13th Street, P.O.Box 26901, 73190, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

    Razia S. Muneer, David L. Donaldson & Owen M. Rennert

  3. Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma, 940 N.E. 13th Street, P.O.Box 26901, 73190, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

    Razia S. Muneer, David L. Donaldson & Owen M. Rennert

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Muneer, R.S., Donaldson, D.L. & Rennert, O.M. Complex balanced translocation of chromosomes 2,3, and 13. Hum Genet 59, 182–184 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00293074

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