Article
Complex chromosomal rearrangements causing Langer-Giedion syndrome atypical phenotype: genotype-phenotype correlation and literature review.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Mar 2014
Cappuccio Gerarda, Genesio Rita, Ronga Valentina, Casertano Alberto, Izzo Antonella, Riccio Maria Pia, Bravaccio Carmela, Salerno Maria Carolina, Nitsch Lucio, Andria Generoso, Melis Daniela
Abstract excerpt
Langer-Giedion syndrome (LGS) is caused by a deletion of chromosome 8q23.3-q24.11. The LGS clinical spectrum includes intellectual disability (ID), short stature, microcephaly, facial dysmorphisms, exostoses. We describe a 4-year-old girl with ID, short stature, microcephaly, distinctive facial phenotype, skeletal signs (exostoses on the left fibula, coccyx agenesis, stubby and dysmorphic sphenoid bone,...
Topics
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Banding
- Comparative Genomic Hybridization
- Facies
- Female
- Genetic Association Studies
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Langer-Giedion Syndrome
