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Langer-Giedion syndrome with interstitial 8q-deletion.

Bernhard ZabelWalter A. BaumannJohn M. Opitz

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congenital hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalitiesmedicine.medical_specialtyChromosome DisordersNoseBone and BonesLanger–Giedion syndromeFingersChromosome analysisInternal medicineIntellectual Disabilityotorhinolaryngologic diseasesMedicineHumansAbnormalities MultipleChildGenetics (clinical)Chromosome AberrationsChromosomes Human 6-12 and XSyndrome typebusiness.industryAnatomySyndromemedicine.diseaseSpineChromosome BandingEndocrinologyKaryotypingFemaleChromosome Deletionbusiness

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We describe a 12-year-old girl with Langer-Giedion syndrome (tricho-rhino-phalangeal syndrome type II) who also had vertebral malformations. Chromosome analysis identified an interstitial del(8q): 46,XX,del(8)(pter leads to q22::q234 leads to qter) as a cause of this syndrome.

10.1002/ajmg.1320110312https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7081298