Ring chromosome 6: report of a patient and literature review

Am J Med Genet. 1987 Jan;26(1):145-51. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.1320260122.

Abstract

A patient with ring chromosome 6 had most of the manifestations previously reported in this syndrome and also had albinoid fundi and unilateral aniridia, findings not previously described. In most peripheral leukocyte metaphases analyzed, one chromosome 6 was replaced by a monocentric ring chromosome with deletion of the 6p and 6q. Fifteen other patients with a ring chromosome 6 have been reported. The most frequent findings were mental retardation, prenatal and postnatal failure, epicanthal folds, flat nasal bridge, short neck, apparently low-set and/or malformed ears, microphthalmia, and micrognathia. Studies of coagulation Factors XII and XIII and of the P blood group for possible assignment on distal 6p and 6q did not provide evidence for localization of the genes for these factors on the pter----p24 part of chromosome 6.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Chromosome Aberrations*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6*
  • Factor XII / genetics
  • Factor XIII / genetics
  • Fundus Oculi / abnormalities*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Intellectual Disability / genetics
  • Iris / abnormalities*
  • Male
  • P Blood-Group System / genetics
  • Ring Chromosomes*

Substances

  • P Blood-Group System
  • Factor XII
  • Factor XIII