Trisomy-8 mosaicism: report of a case.
An 8-year-old male with mental retardation, speech difficulties, and minor congenital anomalies is presented. The clinical findings suggest the trisomy-8 syndrome. The karyotype indicates trisomy-8 mosaicism with trisomic as well as normal cell lines in blood lymphocytes.
D002648:Child; D002875:Chromosomes; D002906:Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*; D007621:Karyotyping; D007804:Language Development; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D009030:Mosaicism; D014314:Trisomy