title: Inverted tandem duplication generates a duplication deficiency of chromosome 8p.
abstract: An adult female with sever mental retardation and dysmorphic features is described. A de novo chromosomal aberration involving 8p was found. The karyotype was 46, XX, inv dup (8) (p12----p23.1). Dosage studies with the DNA probe D8S7, which is located at 8p23----8pter, showed that the patient was monosomic for this marker. Thus the de novo rearrangement generated a duplication-deficiency chromosome. The possible mechanisms of formation of this abnormal chromosome are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics*; D000328:Adult; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D007446:Chromosome Inversion; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*; D007621:Karyotyping; D009006:Monosomy; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length