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A case of Cri-du-chat Syndrome with karyotype del (5) (p14), +mar

Lília Maria de Azevedo Moreira^I; Lucy Magalhães de Freitas^I; Lucy Isabel da Silva Peixoto^I; Maria das Graças de Freitas Sousa^II+; Maria de Lourdes Bastos de Souza^III

^IDepartamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Campus de Ondina, 40170-290 Salvador, BA, Brasil. Fax: (071) 245-6909. Send correspondence to L.M.A.M.
^IIFaculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, 40110-160 Salvador, BA, Brasil
^IIIClinica Dr. Samarão Brandão, Ondina, 40170-290 Salvador, BA, Brasil
⁺Deceased

ABSTRACT

The karyotype 47,XX, del(5) (p14), +mar, de novo was found in a girl with Cri-du-chat Syndrome. The phenotypic abnormalities appear to have no relationship with the marker chromosome.

Keywords: Cri-du-chat Syndrome; karyotype.

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