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Chromosomes in retinoblastoma patients |
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| Authors: | E. V. Davison B. Gibbons G. E. S. Aherne D. F. Roberts |
| Affiliation: | Department of Human Genetics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| Abstract: | In a series of eight patients with retinoblastoma, one was found to have a reciprocal translocation of chromosomes 1 and 13. The breakpoint on chromosome 13 is at band q12, which suggests that the retinoblastoma locus is less distal than previously thought. |
| Keywords: | Balanced translocation chromosome 13 location of locus retinoblastoma |