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Results 1 - 8 of 8 for Mosaic translocation Down syndrome
  1. Down syndrome 
    ... can become unbalanced. People who inherit an unbalanced translocation involving chromosome 21 may have extra genetic material from chromosome 21, which causes Down syndrome.Like trisomy 21, mosaic Down syndrome is not inherited. It occurs as ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/down-syndrome - Genetics
  2. Down Syndrome Tests: MedlinePlus Medical Test 
    ... piece of chromosome 21 attached to another chromosome (translocation Down syndrome) An extra chromosome 21 in some, but not all of their cells (mosaic Down syndrome) The extra chromosome affects the way ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/lab-tests/down-syndrome-tests - Medical Tests
  3. About Down Syndrome From the National Institutes of Health (National Human Genome Research Institute)  
    Down Syndrome/Genetics ... Down Syndrome ... National Human Genome Research Institute ... From the National Institutes of Health ... Down syndrome is a chromosomal condition ...
    https://www.genome.gov/Genetic-Disorders/Down-Syndrome - External Health Links
  4. About Down Syndrome (National Down Syndrome Society)  
    Down Syndrome/Start Here ... Down Syndrome ... National Down Syndrome Society ... In every cell in the human body there is a nucleus, where genetic material is stored ...
    https://ndss.org/about - External Health Links
  5. Chromosome 21 
    ... with this genetic change are said to have translocation Down syndrome.In a ... called mosaic Down syndrome.Researchers believe that having extra copies ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/chromosome/21 - Genetics
  6. What Causes Down Syndrome? From the National Institutes of Health (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)  
    Down Syndrome/Related Issues ... Down Syndrome ... Down syndrome is caused by a random error in cell division that results in the presence of an extra copy of chromosome ...
    https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/down/conditioninfo/causes - External Health Links
  7. Trisomy 18 
    ... extra material may be attached to another chromosome (translocation). Most cases are not passed down through families. Instead, the problems that lead to this condition occur in either the sperm or the egg that forms the fetus.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001661.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Trisomy 13 
    ... extra material may be attached to another chromosome (translocation).
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001660.htm - Medical Encyclopedia