| Literature DB >> 7837258 |
G Calabrese1, P G Franchi, L Stuppia, R Mingarelli, C Rossi, L Ramenghi, M Marino, E Morizio, R Peila, A Antonucci.
Abstract
A newborn infant is reported who had aganglionic megacolon, renal hypoplasia, severe growth retardation, generalised hypotonia, and various dysmorphic features. Chromosome analysis of lymphocytes and fibroblasts showed a ring chromosome 10 with breakpoints at p13-15 and q26. AluI digestion showed that the ring chromosome was monocentric. FISH with an alpha satellite probe specific for chromosome 10 showed one signal only in about 20% of interphase nuclei. It is suggested that aganglionic megacolon could result from dynamic somatic mosaicism owing to loss of the ring chromosome.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7837258 PMCID: PMC1050128 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.31.10.804
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Genet ISSN: 0022-2593 Impact factor: 6.318