MAJOR CHROMOSOMAL-ANOMALIES IN CHILDREN REFERRED FOR SUSPECTED CHROMOSOME-ABERRATIONS - A REPORT OF 1,327 CASES

Authors
ALHUSAIN MA
Citation
Ma. Alhusain, MAJOR CHROMOSOMAL-ANOMALIES IN CHILDREN REFERRED FOR SUSPECTED CHROMOSOME-ABERRATIONS - A REPORT OF 1,327 CASES, Medical science research, 24(3), 1996, pp. 175-176
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Journal title
Medical science research → ACNP
ISSN journal
02698951
Volume
24
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
175 - 176
Database
ISI
SICI code
0269-8951(1996)24:3<175:MCICRF>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The cytogenetic finding in 1,327 children ranging from newborns to 12 years of age referred with a variety of clinical disorder was used to investigate the possible presence of chromosomal abnormalities. Such a nomalies were found in 271 (20.4%) of the cases studied. There was a s ignificantly high rate of chromosomal abnormalities (p < 0.01) in comp arison to an unselected population (0.48-0.55%). This study provides t he first report of a cytogenetic survey of children with suspected gen etic disorders in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.