A 16-year-old boy with trisomy 8 mosaieism is presented. Increased birth weight, delayed psyehomotoric and accelerated somatic development, and mental retardation were noted; he exhibited a prominent forehead, a broad-bridged upturned nose, an everted lower lip, low set dysmorphic ears, strabismus,
Dermatoglyphics in trisomy 8 mosaicism
β Scribed by Blanka Schaumann; Jaroslav Cervenka; Robert J. Gorlin
- Book ID
- 104703955
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 276 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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