A possibly new mental retardation syndrome is described in a large family. The major features of the syndrome are: short stature, craniofacial dysmorphism and dento‐skeletal abnormalities. The mode of inheritance of this syndrome appears to be autosomal dominant with a variable degree of expressivity. The possible similarity to another autosomally dominant inherited mental retardation syndrome, “the K.B.G. syndrome” as described by Hermann et al. (1975), is discussed.

A boy with severe mental retardation and complex, apparently balanced chromosomal rearrangement (CCR) of autosomes 1, 3 and 5 is described. This complex chromosomal rearrangement involved three translocations and one insertion; five breakpoints were found, at 1p31, 3p22, 3p26, 5p14 and 5q23.

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