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6q terminal deletion syndrome
Disease definition
A rare partial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 6 characterized by a variable clinical phenotype that includes a characteristic craniofacial dysmorphism (including microcephaly, broad nose with prominent nasal root and bulbous nasal tip, large ears that may be malformed and low-set, characteristic downturned mouth, and short neck), global development delay, intellectual disability, and variable, non-specific, congenital malformations. Muscular hypotonia, seizures, retinal anomalies, and variable brain abnormalities have been reported in association.
ORPHA:75857
Classification level: Disorder- Synonym(s): -
- Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000
- Inheritance: Not applicable or Unknown
- Age of onset: Infancy, Neonatal
- ICD-10: Q93.5
- OMIM: -
- UMLS: -
- MeSH: -
- GARD: -
- MedDRA: -
A summary on this disease is available in Deutsch (2006) Español (2006) Français (2006) Nederlands (2006)
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