RING CHROMOSOME-15 SYNDROME IN AN ADULT FEMALE

in this paper, the authors present the case of a 24-year-old female wi th ring 15 chromosome syndrome. Upon examination, the patient presente d with severe mental retardation, dwarfism and microcephaly, along wit h other minor dysmorphic stigmata. We compared this case with three ot her adult female cases with this chromosomal aberration. As a result, the authors observed a somewhat dysharmonious profile between the leve l of mental retardation and behavioural findings in the four women, wh ile sexual development and gonadal function seemed to be normal in ail four cases.