Hemifacial microsomia in two patients further supporting chromosomal mosaicism as a causative factor

Authors
de Ravel, TJL Legius, E Brems, H Van Hoestenberghe, R Gillis, P Fryns, JP
Citation
Tjl. De Ravel et al., Hemifacial microsomia in two patients further supporting chromosomal mosaicism as a causative factor, CLIN DYSMOR, 10(4), 2001, pp. 263-267
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Research/Laboratory Medicine & Medical Tecnology
Journal title
CLINICAL DYSMORPHOLOGY
ISSN journal
09628827 → ACNP
Volume
10
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
263 - 267
Database
ISI
SICI code
0962-8827(200110)10:4<263:HMITPF>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We report two cases with hemifacial microsomia with body asymmetry associat ed with mosaic trisomies. The child with mosaic trisomy 9 had skin pigmenta ry changes. In the boy with mosaic trisomy 22, the extra chromosome 22 orig inated from a maternal meiosis 1 error. Gin Dysmorphol 10: 263-267 (C) 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.