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Pure de-novo 5 Mb duplication at Xp11.22-p11.23 in a male: phenotypic and molecular characterization.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2006
Bonnet C, Grégoire M J, Brochet K, Raffo E, Leheup B, Jonveaux P
Abstract excerpt
Males with duplications within the short arm of the X chromosome are rare and most cases are inherited from a maternal heterozygote. Here we describe the first detailed characterization of a de-novo Xp duplication delineated to Xp11.22-->Xp11.23 in a 15-year-old male with moderate mental impairment, autistic-like behaviour, short stature, and mild dysmorphic features. Chromosome analysis (550 band resolution) was...
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