Here we summarize the clinical findings of five new patients and nine patients reported in the literature with deletions of the short arm of chromosome 6. The del(6p) syndrome appears to include the following clinical findings: mental retardation, microcephaly, abnormal sutures, broad nasal bridge,
Delineation of two distinct 6p deletion syndromes
β Scribed by Angela F. Davies; Ghazala Mirza; Gurbax Sekhon; Peter Turnpenny; Frank Leroy; Frank Speleman; Caroline Law; Nicole van Regemorter; Esther Vamos; Frances Flinter; J. Ragoussis
- Book ID
- 106137112
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 412 KB
- Volume
- 104
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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