[tri-med] Re: Baby news

>i am still having a hard time understanding the balanced and  unbalanced 
>part of this i am not sure what julian is.  that's something i  need to ask 
>the genetics team about.from the way it was described to me here my  
>"guess" would be that he is balanced, but not sure.  
 
Sarah,

Forget balanced or unbalanced translocations.  Julian would be neither, 
because he's mosaic.  Mosaic ALWAYS develops after conception, whereas 
an inherited translocation causes either an uneffected trisomy carrier
(balanced) or an effected (unbalanced) trisomy in every cell of the body
(non mosaic).


Fawna, mom to Philina 21 yrs (PT6p & Moya Moya Syndrome)
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