A Mosaic Mongol with Normal Leucocyte Chromosomes
M. A. C. RIDLER F.I.M.L.T.1,
A. SHAPIRO M.D., D.P.M.2,
JOY D. A. DELHANTY Ph.D.3, and
G. F. SMITH M.D.4
1 Chief Medical Laboratory Technician, Harperbury Hospital, St. Albans, Herts
2 Consultant Psychiatrist and Medical Superintendent, Harperbury Hospital, St. Albans, Herts
3 Galton Laboratory, University College, London
4 Associate Professor of Paediatrics, University of Miami. Fellow of the Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the Galton Laboratory, University College, London
An unusual case of mosaic mongolism is reported. The patient had a typical mongol phenotype. Skin cultures showed predominantly trisomic cells, whereas leucocyte cultures showed a normal karyotype.
