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Distal monosomy 7q36
Disease definition
Distal monosomy 7q36 is a rare chromosomal anomaly syndrome, resulting from a partial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 7, with a highly variable phenotype typically characterized by holoprosencephaly, growth restriction, developmental delay, facial dysmorphism (facial clefts, prominent forehead, hypertelorism, low-set ears, flat and broad nasal bridge, large mouth), abnormal fingers and palm or sole creases, ocular abnormalities, and other congenital malformations (incl. genital anomalies and caudal deficiency sequence). Cardiopathies have been occasionally reported.
ORPHA:1636
Classification level: Disorder- Synonym(s):
- Distal deletion 7q36
- Monosomy 7qter
- Telomeric deletion 7q36
- Prevalence: -
- Inheritance: -
- Age of onset: Antenatal, Neonatal
- ICD-10: Q93.5
- OMIM: -
- UMLS: -
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A summary on this disease is available in Deutsch (2017) Español (2017) Français (2017) Italiano (2017) Nederlands (2017)
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- English (2005, pdf) - Unique
- Deutsch (2009, pdf) - Unique
- Français (2015, pdf) - Unique
- Russian (2018, pdf) - Unique


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