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Diagnosing Smith-Magenis syndrome and duplication 17p11.2 syndrome by RAI1 gene copy number variation using quantitative real-time PCR.
Genetic testing - 1 Mar 2008
Truong Hoa T, Solaymani-Kohal Sara, Baker Kevin R, Girirajan Santhosh, Williams Stephen R, Vlangos Christopher N, Smith Ann C M, Bunyan David J, Roffey Paul E, Blanchard Christopher L, Elsea Sarah H
Abstract excerpt
Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS) and duplication 17p11.2 (dup17p11.2) syndrome are multiple congenital anomalies/mental retardation disorders resulting from either a deletion or duplication of the 17p11.2 region, respectively. The retinoic acid induced 1 (RAI1) gene is the causative gene for SMS and is included in the 17p11.2 region of dup17p11.2 syndrome. Currently SMS and dup17p11.2 syndrome are diagnosed using a...
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