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"Idiopathic" mental retardation and new chromosomal abnormalities.
Italian journal of pediatrics - 14 Feb 2010
Galasso Cinzia, Lo-Castro Adriana, El-Malhany Nadia, Curatolo Paolo
Abstract excerpt
Mental retardation is a heterogeneous condition, affecting 1-3% of general population. In the last few years, several emerging clinical entities have been described, due to the advent of newest genetic techniques, such as array Comparative Genomic Hybridization. The detection of cryptic microdeletion/microduplication abnormalities has allowed genotype-phenotype correlations, delineating recognizable syndromic...
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