We describe a family carrying a direct duplication of an interstitial segment of the distal long arm of chromosome 4(q31.1q32.3) with a mild clinical phenotype. Affected family members include a 27-year-old woman and 2 of her 4 children, 1 of whom also has Klinefelter syndrome. Although 8 cases of s
Duplication involving band 4q32 with minimal clinical effect
β Scribed by Maltby, Edna L.; Barnes, Islay C.S.; Bennett, Christopher P.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 KB
- Volume
- 83
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
- DOI
- 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19990423)83:5<431::aid-ajmg20>3.0.co;2-k
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