Interstitial deletion of the short arm of chromosome 12. Report of a new patient and review of the literature
Fryns, J.P.; Kleczkowska, A.; Van den Berghe, H.
Annales de Genetique 33(1): 43-45
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-3995 PMID: 2195980 Document Number: 349100
In this report we describe a female neonate with 12p interstitial deletion (karyotype:46,XX,del(12)(pter.fwdarw.p13.1::p11.2.fwdarw.cen.fwdarw.qter)). In addition to severe psychomotor retardation, facial dysmorphism and Turner like stigmata, she presented marked hypothesia of the external genitalia and right heart hypoplasia. Study of LDH activity showed a marked decrease of LDHB activity contrasting with an elevated LDHA.