Ophthalmic features of chromosome deletion 4p- (Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome).

Am J Ophthalmol, 1978/12;86(6):834-9.

Wilcox LM Jr, Bercovitch L, Howard RO

PMID: 104624

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Abstract
By using the Giemsa banding technique we identified three patients with chromosome deletion 4p-. All had anterior segment anomalies, exotropia, blepharoptosis, antimongoloid palpebral fissures, hypertelorism, and disk abnormalities. One patient (Case 1) had Rieger's anomaly. Some clinical features in patients with 4p- are similar to those in patients with chromosome deletion 5p-, cri-du-chat syndrome, although 4p- individuals do not have the distinctive cry. The ocular features which distinguish 4p- from other deletions include normal tearing, some degree of blepharoptosis, and the preponderance of anterior segment signs.
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