Dermatoglyphics and Reproductive Risk in a Family with Robertsonian Translocation 14q;21q.

Aim: The present study is carried out to evaluate the risk of giving birth to children with Down syndrome in a family with Robertsonian translocation 14q;21q, and to find the dermatoglyphic changes present in carriers of this translocation.

Methods: Cytogenetics diagnosis has been made according to Moorhead and Seabright method, while the analysis of prints (dermatoglyphics analysis) was made with the Cummins and Midlo method.

Results: Cytogenetic diagnosis has been made in a couple who suffered the spontaneous miscarriages and children with Down syndrome.

Cytogenetic study in children with down syndrome among kosova Albanian population between 2000 and 2010.

Conflict Of Interest: none declared.

Aim: The aim of this research was to ascertain the frequency of three basic cytogenetical types of Down syndrome among Kosova Albanian population and to evaluate the maternal age effect on the frequency of births of children with Down syndrome.

Methods: Cytogenetics diagnosis has been made according to the standard method of Moorhead and Seabright.