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1.5 Mb de novo 22q11.21 microduplication in a patient with cognitive deficits and dysmorphic facial features.
Clinical genetics - 1 Feb 2007
Alberti A, Romano C, Falco M, Calì F, Schinocca P, Galesi O, Spalletta A, Di Benedetto D, Fichera M
Abstract excerpt
The 22q11.2 microduplication syndrome is caused by non-allelic homologous recombination mediated by misalignments of low copy repeats located in the region deleted in the DiGeorge syndrome (DGS)/velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS). The variable phenotype of such condition, consisting in a combination of dysmorphic facial features, cognitive deficits, velopharyngeal insufficiency, congenital heart defects and...
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