Hypomelanosis of Ito (incontinentia pigmenti achromians) and mosaicism for a microdeletion of 15q1
✍ Scribed by Catherine Turleau; F. Taillard; Mireille Doussau de Bazignan; Nicole Delépine; J. C. Desbois; J. Grouchy
- Book ID
- 104702912
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 319 KB
- Volume
- 74
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
We report on a girl with apparent hypomelanosis of It0 (I'lD); cytogenetic studies disclosed the karyotype 46,X,t(X;lO)(pll;qll)mat. We present further evidence that at least one of the genetic forms of IT0 is located at X p l l ; reviewing the clinical characteristics of patients with incontinentia
Our finding of chromosome mosaicism with a ring 22 in a retarded black boy with hypomelanosis of Ito prompted a review of this "syndrome." Most patients have a variety of non-dermal defects, particularly those affecting CNS function. Among karyotyped patients, most are chromosome mosaics of one sort