Pericentric inversions of chromosome 9 in Taiwanese fetuses

T M Ko; F J Hsieh; L S Chang; M F Pan; T Y Lee

Pericentric inversions of chromosome 9 in Taiwanese fetuses

J Formos Med Assoc. 1992 Apr;91(4):473-4.

Authors

T M Ko¹, F J Hsieh, L S Chang, M F Pan, T Y Lee

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, R.O.C.

PMID: 1358322

Abstract

Using trypsin-Giemsa banding, a total of 1,350 unrelated Chinese fetuses were studied for pericentric inversion of chromosome 9 [inv(9) (p11; q13)]. Sixteen cases (1.2%) were found to have this variant. The prevalence was higher than that in a previous report on Asians. All the fetuses with inv(9) were born with a normal phenotype.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Chromosome Inversion*
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9*
Humans
Prenatal Diagnosis*
Taiwan