title: Possible excess of mental handicap and congenital malformations in autosomal reciprocal translocations.
abstract: The most pertinent data of the 32 cases of reciprocal autosomal translocations detected in the laboratory since the initiation of the banding-techniques are summarized. One third of these balanced translocations were detected in patients presenting with mental handicap and/or malformative symptoms.
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000175:diagnosis; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D014178:Translocation, Genetic