label: distal monosomy 12p
label_lc: distal monosomy 12p
description: Distal monosomy 12p is a rare partial autosomal monosomy characterized by language development delay with childhood apraxia of speech, mild intellectual disability, behavourial abnormalities (autistic spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety) and mildly dysmorphic nonspecific features. Additional clinical features may include muscular hypotonia and joint laxity, hernias and microcephaly.