Down Syndrome Resulting from a Rare non-Robertsonian Translocation t(11;21)(p13;q22)

• Main Authors: Dante Bruno Avanso Rosan (Author), Priscila L. Dourado (Author), Andréa Engracia Ruiz (Author), Valéria C.C. Ferrarezi da Silva (Author), Cristina Benitez Vendrame (Author), Andréa B. Carvalho-Salles (Author), Brasilina de F. Mafei (Author), Agnes Cristina Fett -Conte (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction: Down syndrome (DS) is a common genetic disorder, occurring in approximately 1 in 700 births. It results from an extra copy (triplication) of the whole or part of the long arm of chromosome 21 caused by different cytogenetic alterations: free trisomy, Robertsonian translocations, mosaic...