Prenatal diagnosis and molecular cytogenetic characterization of an interstitial deletion of 18q12.1-q12.3 encompassing DTNA, CELF4 and SETBP1

• Main Authors: Chih-Ping Chen (Author), Chih-Heng Hsieh (Author), Schu-Rern Chern (Author), Peih-Shan Wu (Author), Shin-Wen Chen (Author), Shih-Ting Lai (Author), Tzu-Yun Chuang (Author), Chien-Wen Yang (Author), Chen-Chi Lee (Author), Wayseen Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: We present prenatal diagnosis and molecular cytogenetic characterization of an interstitial deletion of 18q12.1-q12.3. Case report: A 35-year-old woman underwent amniocentesis at 18 weeks of gestation because of advanced maternal age. Amniocentesis revealed a karyotype of 46,XX,del(18)(q1...