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Bloom syndrome in a brazilian child

Andréa Trevas Maciel; Christine Hackel

Departamento de Genética Médica, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, UNICAMP, Caixa Postal 6111, 13100 Campinas, SP, Brasil. Send correspondence to A.T.M.

ABSTRACT

A male child with the typical clinical features of Bloom syndrome and a high frequency of quadriradial configurations, chromosomal breaks and other structural chromosome aberrations is described.

Keywords: bloom syndrome; brazilian; child.

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