Prenatal diagnosis of Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome confirmed by comparative genomic hybridization array: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Molecular Cytogenetics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sifakis, Stavros ^a   Manolakos, Emmanouil ^b,h   Vetro, Annalisa ^c   Kappou, Dimitra ^a   Peitsidis, Panagiotis ^d   Kontodiou, Maria ^b   Garas, Antonios ^e   Vrachnis, Nikolaos ^f   Konstandinidou, Anastasia ^g   Zuffardi, Orsetta ^c   Orru, Sandro ^h   Papoulidis, Ioannis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Eurogenetica SA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d HELENA VENIZELOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

"Greek warrior" helmet profile; 4p syndrome; Comparative genomic hybridization array; Fluorescent situ hybridization; Prenatal diagnosis; Wolf Hirschhorn syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION 4; CLEFT LIP; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY; WOLF HIRSCHHORN SYNDROME;

EID: 84857398866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17558166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-8166-5-1222373435     Document Type: Review

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