Two boys (W.M. and C.P.) are described, in each of whom a short-arm deleted C chromosome was apparently present. The clinical findings on W.M. are stenosis of the sagittal sutura associated with atrophy of the nervus opticus and mental retardation, and on C.P. osteogenesis imperfecta. An analysis of
SHORT-ARM DELETIONS IN G-GROUP CHROMOSOMES
✍ Scribed by Neu, RichardL.; Carneiro Leao, José; Gardner, LyttI.
- Book ID
- 122439618
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1966
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 350 KB
- Volume
- 288
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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