title: Wolf Hirshhorn syndrome in a case of ring chromosome 4: phenotype and molecular cytogenetic findings.
abstract: Ring chromosome 4 associates concomitant loss of the telomeric 4p and 4q regions and leads to variable clinical manifestations depending on the size of the deleted chromosomal material. We report on a patient with ring chromosome 4, showing the Wolf-Hirshhorn Syndrome (WHS) phenotype and minor symptoms of distal 4q deletion syndrome; the severity of the signs of WHS masks the symptomatology of the 4q deletion syndrome. The absence of seizures despite the absence of the specific 4p16.3 region with haploinsufficiency of the LETM1 gene is striking. The double telomeric deletion due to the ring chromosome formation confirmed by FISH has been rarely described in WHS.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Biologie Humaine, Faculté des Sciences de la Sante, Cotonou, Bénin. cytogen@intnet.bj
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laleye
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Alao
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adjagba
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hans
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Delneste
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Gnamey
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ayivi
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Darboux
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002894:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4 / Q000235:genetics*; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D003582:Cytogenetics; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D010641:Phenotype; D012303:Ring Chromosomes; D013577:Syndrome; D016615:Telomere / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; C488528:LETM1 protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins