Interstitial deletion of the short arm of chromosome 8: report of a patient and review of the literature
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Interstitial deletion of the short arm of chromosome 8: report of a patient and review of the literature
Abstract
We report a mentally retarded girl with minimal dysmorphic signs. Cytogenetic examination showed an interstitial deletion of chromosome 8: 46, XX, del(8)(p21.2p22). This deletion has not been reported before. We compare the patient with the literature data.