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A translocation t(6;7)(p11-p12;q22) associated with autism and mental retardation: localization and identification of candidate genes at the breakpoints.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jun 2008
Vincent John B, Choufani Sanaa, Horike Shin-ichi, Stachowiak Beata, Li Martin, Dill Fred J, Marshall Christian, Hrynchak Monica, Pewsey Elizabeth, Ukadike Kennedy C, Friedman Jan M, Srivastava Anand K, Scherer Stephen W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Our aim is to use information from cytogenetic anomalies to identify candidate genes for autism. METHODS: We have identified a male patient with mental retardation and autism who has a balanced translocation involving chromosomes 6 and 7, described as t(6;7)(p11-p12;q22). This translocation was inherited from an apparently normal father. RESULTS: Using fluorescence in situ hybridization, we have...
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