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17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome: further expanding the clinical phenotype.
Cytogenetic and genome research - 1 Jan 2009
Sharkey F H, Morrison N, Murray R, Iremonger J, Stephen J, Maher E, Tolmie J, Jackson A P
Abstract excerpt
Microdeletions of the 17q21.31 region are associated with hypotonia, oromotor dyspraxia, an apparently characteristic face, moderate learning disability and have an estimated prevalence of approximately 1 in 16,000. Here we report 3 individuals who extend further the phenotypic spectrum observed with microdeletions of the 17q21.31 region. They all have learning disability, hypotonia, and craniofacial dysmorphism...
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