title: A homozygote for pericentric inversion of chromosome 4.
abstract: A child with developmental and language delay was found to be homozygous for a pericentric inversion of chromosome 4 (inv(4) (p15 X 2q12)). Her normal mother and aunt are inversion heterozygotes. It is suggested that the phenotypic abnormalities may have resulted from damage at chromosomal breakpoints or from a position effect which is expressed only in homozygous form.
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002905:Chromosomes, Human, 4-5; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006579:Heterozygote; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*