A chromosomal study of 22-year-old mother of a baby with Down syndrome t (14; 21) shows that; she is the carrier for the translocation
belongs to book: MCQs in Pediatrics Review of Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics|Zuhair M Almusawi, Hasanein Ghali|20th edition| Chapter number:10| Question number:10.34
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(B). Translocation (21; 21) carriers have a 100% recurrence risk for a chromosomally abnormal child, and other Robertsonian translocations, such as t(14;21), have a 5-7% recurrence risk when transmitted by females
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