Article
Familial 1.1 Mb deletion in chromosome Xq22.1 associated with mental retardation and behavioural disorders in female patients.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Grillo L, Reitano S, Belfiore G, Spalletta A, Amata S, Bottitta M, Barone C, Falco M, Fichera M, Romano C
Abstract excerpt
We report on a 7-year-old girl with severe mental retardation (MR), autism, micro-brachycephaly, generalized muscle hypotonia with distal hypotrophy of lower limbs, scoliosis and facial dysmorphisms. Array-CGH analysis identified a 1.1 Mb deletion of chromosome Xq22.1. Further analysis demonstrated that the deletion was inherited from her mother who showed mild MR, short stature, brachycephaly, epilepsy and a...
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