What is Wolf–Hirschhorn Syndrome (WHS)

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This syndrome was reported in 1965 in published reports by Wolf and Hirschhorn, who described that the characteristics of the syndrome were associated with a deletion of part of the short arm of chromosome 4. The short arm of a chromosome is called the “p” arm. Thus, this syndrome is also known as 4p-syndrome or deletion 4p syndrome, and occasionally as Wolf syndrome.

Wolf–Hirschhorn Syndrome (WHS)是由Wolf and Hirschhorn及同工於1965年發表的，他們描述了WHS的特徵與4號染色體的缺失有關。染色體的短臂稱為“p”臂。 因此，這種綜合症也稱為4p綜合１症或缺失4p綜合症，也有簡稱為Wolf Syndrome。