Interstitial deletion of chromosome 15: two cases

L D Formiga; L Poenaru; F Couronne; E Flori; J L Eibel; M M Deminatti; J B Savary; J L Lai; S Gilgenkrantz; M Pierson

doi:10.1007/BF00273663

Interstitial deletion of chromosome 15: two cases

Hum Genet. 1988 Dec;80(4):401-4. doi: 10.1007/BF00273663.

Authors

L D Formiga¹, L Poenaru, F Couronne, E Flori, J L Eibel, M M Deminatti, J B Savary, J L Lai, S Gilgenkrantz, M Pierson

Affiliation

¹ Service de Génétique, Centre de Transfusion Sanguine, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France.

PMID: 3198122
DOI: 10.1007/BF00273663

Abstract

Two cases of interstitial deletion of chromosome 15 with similar clinical features are presented. In one case, assay of hexosaminidase A enabled us to confirm that the structural gene is located between 15q22 and 15q25 and that it is included in the deletion.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Multiple / genetics*
Chromosome Deletion*
Chromosome Mapping
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15*
Female
Genes
Humans
Infant
Karyotyping