Article
Del(X)(p21.1) in a mother and two daughters: genotype-phenotype correlation of Turner features.
Human genetics - 1 Mar 2000
Adachi M, Tachibana K, Asakura Y, Muroya K, Ogata T
Abstract excerpt
We report a mother and two daughters with partial Xp monosomy. Clinical assessment for Turner phenotype revealed that the three females manifested low-normal to mild short stature (-1.6 to approximately -2.3 SD) and variable degrees of skeletal features, such as cubitus valgus, short 4th matacarpals, and Madelung deformity, but no soft tissue or visceral anomalies or gonadal dysfunction. Cytogenetic studies for...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Deletion
- Dosage Compensation, Genetic
- Female
- Genotype
- Hand
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Japan
