title: Interstitial deletion of the short arm of chromosome 8: report of a patient and review of the literature.
abstract: We report a mentally retarded girl with minimal dysmorphic signs. Cytogenetic examination showed an interstitial deletion of chromosome 8: 46, XX, del(8)(p21.2p22). This deletion has not been reported before. We compare the patient with the literature data.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Celbiology and Genetics, Academic Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Plomp
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Schrander-Stumpel
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Engelen
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sijstermans
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Loneus
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fryns
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability