title: Familial deletion.
abstract: We report a retarded male with an unbalanced karyotype 45,XY,t(8;15) (p23;q12) showing small deletion of chromosome 8(p23 leads to pter) and 15(pter leads to q12). The same chromosome complement was also present in 4 normal family members over 3 generations.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002901:Chromosomes, Human, 13-15 / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002906:Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree