title: Familial double pericentric inversion of chromosome 5 with some features of cri-du-chat syndrome.
abstract: Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis was performed to characterize a complex pericentric inversion involving chromosome 5 in a mother and son. The mother had hypertelorism, epicanthal folds, and mild mental deficiency while the son had additional anomalies that have been observed in patients with cri-du-chat syndrome. Both individuals were found to have an identical double pericentric inversion [inv5(p15.1q31(inv5(p14q12)))]. Neither inversion breakpoint mapped near the chromosomal regions implicated in the cri-du-chat syndrome. The phenotype of the son suggests that the inversion process may have affected the expression of some of the cri-du-chat syndrome genes, suggestive of a genomic imprinting or penetrance effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Goodart
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Overhauser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D007446:Chromosome Inversion; D002895:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5 / Q000235:genetics*; D003410:Cri-du-Chat Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007223:Infant; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype