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A translocation breakpoint disrupts the ASPM gene in a patient with primary microcephaly.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 May 2004
Pichon Bruno, Vankerckhove Sophie, Bourrouillou Georges, Duprez Laurence, Abramowicz Marc J
Abstract excerpt
Primary microcephaly (microcephalia vera) is a developmental abnormality resulting in a small brain, with mental retardation. It is usually transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait, and six loci have been reported to date. We analyzed a translocation breakpoint previously reported in a patient with apparently sporadic primary microcephaly, at 1q31, where locus MCPH5 maps. The patient was lost to follow-up, and...
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