A case of down's syndrome in twins of unlike sex.
- Author:
Tae Hwa LEE
1
;
Chun June LEE
;
Heung Yeol KIM
;
Won Gue KIM
;
Sung Han KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea. leehula@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Trisomy 21;
Dizygotic twins;
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection
- MeSH:
Down Syndrome;
Female;
Hand;
Humans;
Intellectual Disability;
Skin;
Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic;
Spermatozoa;
Twins, Dizygotic
- From:Korean Journal of Perinatology
2008;19(2):194-197
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Down syndrome is a chromosome related desease that shows mental retardation, growth retardation and many other signs such as defects in the face, hands and skin. Down syndrome is very uncommon in dizygotic twins, especially in twins with different sex. This twin's chromosomal analysis shows both twins with trisomy 21, but the parents' chromosomal analysis is normal. A 30 year old infertile woman who became pregnant via ICSI(intracytoplasmic sperm injection) has shown dizygotic twins with different sex to have Down syndrome and therefore it is being reported along with simple documents.
