Abstract:Objective: To study the families with recurrent trisomy 21 in sibs, and to understand the increased risk of recurrence in some selected families. The importance of parental mosaicism as a cause for non-disjunction or the possibility of genetic predisposition to non-disjunction is addressed. Methods: Three young unrelated Kuwaiti families each confirmed to have 3 sibs with regular trisomy 21 were investigated. Detailed chromosome analysis of the peripheral blood culture in Down’s syndrome children and their par… Show more
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