title: A complex double translocation involving four chromosomes and five breakpoints in a child with mild mental retardation.
abstract: A 6-year-old boy with speech delay and mild mental retardation (IQ 82) was found to have a complex double translocation involving four chromosomes and a total of five breakpoints, two being on the same arm. This resulted in the karyotype 46,XY,t(2;4;7)(7;8)(q14;q31;q11q22;q13). As far as the authors are aware this is the first time that such a complex double translocation has been reported. Both parents had normal karyotypes.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002900:Chromosomes, Human, 1-3; D002905:Chromosomes, Human, 4-5; D002906:Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008540:Meiosis; D014178:Translocation, Genetic