TY - JOUR T1 - 4Q- syndrome AU - Townes PL, White M, Di Marzo SV Y1 - 1979/04/01 N1 - 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130040037008 JO - American Journal of Diseases of Children SP - 383 EP - 385 VL - 133 IS - 4 N2 - • To our knowledge, there have been three prior reports of patients found, with trypsin-Giemsa banding, to be monosomic for the terminal q segment of chromosome 4. Described herein is a fourth patient with this chromosome abnormality. Comparison of these four patients suggests a characteristic phenotype in the 4q- syndrome: cleft palate, satyr deformity of the pinnae, snub nose, retrognathia and micrognathia, hypertelorism, oropharyngeal hypotonia or upper airway obstruction, cardiac defect, clinodactyly of the fifth fingers with absence of a flexion crease, simian lines, displaced or clinodactylous toes, and mental retardation. In the three prior reports, the 4q-syndrome resulted from a de novo deletion. In the present case, the 4q monosomy was inherited from the father, who had a 4;20 translocation.(Am J Dis Child 133:383-385, 1979) SN - 0002-922X M3 - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130040037008 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130040037008 ER -