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  • Title: Application of molecular and cytogenetic techniques to the detection of a de novo unbalanced t(11q;21q) in a patient previously diagnosed as having monosomy 21.
    Author: Hertz B, Brandt CA, Petersen MB, Pedersen S, König U, Strømkjaer H, Jensen PK.
    Journal: Clin Genet; 1993 Aug; 44(2):89-94. PubMed ID: 7506129.
    Abstract:
    The occurrence of complete autosomal monosomy in man is extremely rare and generally considered to be incompatible with life. Since the introduction of banding techniques in human cytogenetics, several cases of presumptive monosomy for chromosome 21 have nevertheless been reported. However, it has been suggested that most, if not all, of these cases may represent unbalanced translocations or other structural aberrations resulting in only partial monosomy 21. Here we described a patient in whom full monosomy 21 was initially diagnosed by routine karyotyping. Re-examination with a combination of high resolution banding technique, chromosome painting and DNA polymorphism analysis demonstrated the presence of an unbalanced translocation between the long arms of chromosome 11 and 21, respectively. Consequently, the case was re-classified as a partial monosomy for the proximal long arm of chromosome 21.
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