TERMINAL DELETION OF 6P - REPORT OF A NEW CASE

The authors report the case of a girl with psychomotor and growth reta rdation, ventricular septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, bulging forehead, prominent philtrum, low nasal bridge, inner epicanthal folds , strabismus, miosis, low set ears with prominence of antihelices, sho rt neek, single transverse crease and camptodactyly of the fourth fing er in both hands. G-banded chromosomal analysis revealed a 46, XX, del (6) (p23) chromosome constitution, A review of the phenotypes of the patients known with this chromosome deletion is presented.