Buccal smear procedure

Known as: Buccal swab/scraping, Buccal Swabbing, Buccal Scraping

The collection of cells from the inside of a person's cheek.

National Institutes of Health

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2013

The present study was carried out to find out frequency of chromosomal abnormalities & contribution of environmental…

2002

Aneuploidy is usually investigated by karyotyping lymphocytes from peripheral blood. However, in several aneuploidy syndromes…

1980

Two females are described, mother and daughter, who had the Turner phenotype and spontaneous sexual development. The mother is…

1979

A 19-year-old woman has a chromosome constitution of 46,X,del (X) (pter leads to q21:). X chromatin masses seen in buccal smears…

1976

An 18-year-old phenotypic girl with XY gonadal agenesis had endocrine studies. The patient had a small amount of sexual hair, a…

1976

Cell area, cell dry mass, and three summary indices for tissue maturation were obtained for human buccal and nasal cells viewed…

1976

Over a 7-year period 43 patients who underwent sex-chromatin and cytogenetic studies in the investigation of a disorder related…

1970

1969

Review

1963

Review

1963

In the last few years the study of the human chromosomes has progressed rapidly and there is no doubt that in the future it will…