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A McDermott

Publications and source records attributed to A McDermott.

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Partial monosomy of long arm of chromosome 4 due to interstitial deletion.

A child with congenital malformations and a de novo interstitial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 4 is described. Detailed analysis by G banding revealed the loss of the whole of band q21 and part of bands q13 and q22. The clinical abnormalities are quite dissimilar from those features described in other cases of partial 4q monosomy, which generally appear to result from the deletion of more distally placed segments of the chromosome.

Abnormalities, Multiple↗

Ring chromosome 4.

A mentally and physically retarded boy with a 46,XY,ring (4) (p16q35) chromosome complement is described. Chromosome banding showed that the amount of chromosome material deleted from the ring chromosome 4 was minimal, apparently no more than the telomeres. Chromosomal aberrations appear to be restricted to the production of double-sized dicentric rings, and aneuploidy. The mosiacism resulting from the behavioural peculiarities of ring chromosomes is described as dynamic mosaicism. It is suggested that the clinical features associated with this ring chromosome are more likely to be the result of the effects of a diploid/monosomy 4/polysomy 4 mosaicism than to the deficiency of the telomeric regions of the chromosome.

Child, Preschool↗