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B Quack

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Interstitial deletion and ring chromosome derived from 19q. Proximal 19q trisomy phenotype.

A small supernumerary ring chromosome has been found in a boy with overweight, dysmorphic facies and mental retardation. His mother had an interstitial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 19 and the same ring chromosome. By means of fluorescence in situ hybridization the ring chromosome was shown to be derived from the deleted chromosome, after the occurrence of two breaks: one in the centromere region, the other in the q-arm of chromosome 19.

Abnormalities, Multiple

[7 cases of trisomy 2q34 leads to 2qter resulting from a familial t(2;8)(q34;23)].

Seven patients from two different families are trisomic 2q34 leads to 2qter due to segregation of a familial t(2;8)(q34;p23). The clinical features are characteristic: microcephaly, a narrow forehead with bossing and temporal retraction, hypertelorism, palpebral fissures slanted downwards, large irides, and a very concave margin of the lower eyelid. Mental retardation is severe with a mean IQ of 50.

Abnormalities, Multiple

[Constitutional stereotyped gap in human chromosomes (author's transl)].

The stereotyped break with gap of a chromosomal variant is rarely observed. This anomaly is transmitted according to autosomal dominant rule. The distal part of the broken chromosome may either be still bound to the sister chromatid through mitotic non-disjunction, forming a triradial figure, or take a moniliform and pulverized appearance, evoking premature chromosome condensation.

Cells, Cultured

Partial deletions and trisomies of chromosome 13; mapping of bands associated with particular malformations.

New techniques of human karyotyping have allowed us to define accurately the banding pattern of six new cases with partial duplication of deficiency of chromosome 13. It now seems possible to draw a rough map of chromosome 13, correlating observed malformations and phenotypic features with specific chromosome regions. Partial monosomy shows clinical features which are the antithesis of the corresponding trisomic phenotype (Lejeune 1966).

Abnormalities, Multiple