Cytogenetic study of a day-old infant showed a terminal del(7q): 46,XX,de1(7)(pter + q32:). This infant had cebocephaly with holoprosencephaly . These clinical findings are atypical for the 7qsyndrome, in which patients usually have growth and mental retardation with few facial abnormalities.
Holoprosencephaly in a newborn girl with 46,XX,i(18q)
โ Scribed by Spinner, Nancy B. ;Eunpu, Deborah L. ;Austria, Jocelyn R. ;Mamunes, Peter
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 204 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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โฆ Synopsis
We report on a newborn girl with holoprosencephaly, microcephaly, absent right radius, and other anomalies with an 46,XX,i(lSq) chromosome constitution. This is the first report of an i(18q) in syndromal alobar holoprosencephaly.
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