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Smith-Magenis syndrome and growth hormone deficiency.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Jul 2004
Spadoni Emanuela, Colapietro Patrizia, Bozzola Mauro, Marseglia Gian L, Repossi Luciana, Danesino Cesare, Larizza Lidia, Maraschio Paola
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS) is a multiple congenital anomaly/mental retardation syndrome including physical and neurobehavioural features. The disease is commonly associated with a ca. 3.7 Mb interstitial deletion of chromosome 17p11.2, while a 1.1 Mb critical region has been identified, containing about 20 genes expressed in multiple tissues. Haploinsufficiency of one of them, RAI1, seems to be...
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