[Determination of trisomy 9p by molecular cytogenetic technology].
OBJECTIVE
To use molecular cytogenetic techniques for the determination of complex chromosomal aberrations that could not be distinguished by conventional cytogenetic method.


METHODS
Chromosome painting, comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and color banding chromosome analysis (RxFISH) were used to identify a case with chromosome 9 aberration by G-banding.


RESULTS
The patient has a karyotype of 46,XX,9p+ by G-banding. Both chromosomes 9 were uniformly painted, including the extra segment on one of the 9p alleles. CGH revealed a duplication of the entire 9p short arm. After analysis with RxFISH the patient's karyotype could be accurately described as 46,XX,dup9p (p11-->p24::p24-->qter).


CONCLUSIONS
The present report shows that some late technological developments in the field of cytogenetics can facilitate the study of the diseases linked to complex chromosomal aberrations and may find significant application in basic and clinical medical studies.
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Department of Genetics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020 P.R.China. cip@public.intercom.com.cn
Sanoudou
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Yang
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D020732:Cytogenetic Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014314:Trisomy