Long-term survival in the Wolf-Hirschhorn (4p-) syndrome.
The clinical features of Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome are described in a 29-year-old woman who shows severe retardation of growth and development. It is important for health care professionals involved with families in which this condition is present to realize that long-term survival may occur.
Smith
S A
SA
Department of Clinical Genetics, City Hospital, Nottingham, England.
Walker
A M
AM
Monk
A J
AJ
Young
I D
ID
D000328:Adult; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D002894:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*; D007621:Karyotyping; D013534:Survival; D013577:Syndrome