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A fifth locus for primary autosomal recessive microcephaly maps to chromosome 1q31.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Dec 2000
Pattison L, Crow Y J, Deeble V J, Jackson A P, Jafri H, Rashid Y, Roberts E, Woods C G
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Primary microcephaly is a genetic disorder in which an affected individual has a head circumference >3 SDs below the age- and sex-related mean. A small but apparently normally formed brain is the reason for the reduced head circumference, and, probably because of this, all affected individuals are mentally retarded. The condition is genetically heterogeneous, and four loci have already been identified. We now...
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