Presumptive long arm deletion of chromosome 8: a new syndrome?
β Scribed by K. Taysi; M. J. Noetzel; A. W. Strauss
- Book ID
- 104700328
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 296 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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β¦ Synopsis
This communication describes an infant with growth and psychomotor retardation and severe congenital malformations, who was found to have an interstitial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 8: 46,XY,del(8) (q13q22). Comparison with the only other previously reported patient with a deletion of a similar chromosomal segment suggested that deletion of the long arm of chromosome 8 may constitute a clinically recognizable syndrome.
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Based on analysis of 15 cases, there appears to be a characteristic facial appearance and pattern of associated malformations that would allow clinical delineation of deletion of the distal bands of lq. Characteristic manifestations include round face with prominent "cupid's bow" and downturned corn