High-resolution banding study of an X/4 translocation in a female with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
A rare female case of Duchenne muscular dystrophy with an X/4 translocation was found. Detailed cytogenetic analyses by R-banding and high-resolution G-banding techniques revealed that the exchange point involved in the translocation was at the p21.1 band on the X chromosome.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002905:Chromosomes, Human, 4-5; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000235:genetics*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014960:X Chromosome