Clinical photographs of conditions caused
by abnormalities in chromosome structure
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Child with 22q11 deletion. Note small mouth, narrow nose and upward slant of her eyes.
Fig. 2.1 ©Scion Publishing Ltd
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(a) “Williams-Beuren syndrome” (b) “Drawings by people with Williams-Beuren syndrome”
Fig. Disease box 3 ©Scion Publishing Ltd
(a-c) Reproduced with permission from Dr Ursula Bellugi, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
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A child with multiple congenital abnormalities suggestive of a chromosome abnormality
She has severe mental retardation, growth retardation, microcephaly and dysmorphism of the face and hands
(epicanthic folds, hypertelorism, arched eyebrows, low-set ears, short philtrum, open mouth appearance, full
lips, irregular position of the lower teeth, clinodactyly of the 5th finger and distal brachydactyly).
Fig. 4.3 ©Scion Publishing Ltd
Photos courtesy of Dr Bert de Vries
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