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Pathologic findings in the Wolf-Hirschhorn (4p-) syndrome |
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| Authors: | Claudette H. Gonzalez Vera L. Capelozzi Anita Wajntal John M. Opitz |
| Abstract: | We describe a 1-month-old female with the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. GTG-banding studies disclosed a 46,XX,del(4)(:p15 → qter) in the child and apparently normal chromosomes in the parents. Autopsy at 4 months showed hypoplasia of most organs. |
| Keywords: | Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome deletion 4p aneuploidy multiple congenital anomalies/mental retardation (MCA/MR) syndrome |