Jordan M A, Marques I, Rosendorff J, de Ravel T J
Department of Human Genetics, School of Pathology, South African, Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Genet Couns. 1998;9(2):139-46.
Trisomy 8 mosaicism is extremely variable in its phenotypic and cytogenic expression. We present five patients clearly demonstrating the lack of correlation between clinical and laboratory findings, and show that the aneuploid cell lines decreases with time in relation to the normal. This poses a counseling dilemma.