title: Interstitial deletion of bands 4q12-->q13.1: case report and review of proximal 4q deletions.
abstract: We report a 6 year old child with a small de novo interstitial deletion of proximal 4q, karyotype 46,XX,del(4)(pter-->q12::q13.1-->qter). She has made good developmental progress and attends normal school with minimal assistance. We review published reports and clinical findings in patients with proximal 4q deletions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Genetics, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Slavotinek
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kingston
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002894:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4; D005145:Face / Q000002:abnormalities; D005260:Female; D006257:Head / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant