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Recurrent microdeletions of 15q25.2 are associated with increased risk of congenital diaphragmatic hernia, cognitive deficits and possibly Diamond–Blackfan anaemia
4 Oct 2010
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BACKGROUND: Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) can occur in isolation or in association with other abnormalities. We hypothesised that some cases of non-isolated CDH are caused by novel genomic disorders. METHODS AND RESULTS: In a cohort of >12, 000 patients referred for array comparative genomic hybridisation testing, we identified three individuals-two of whom had CDH--with deletions involving a ∼2.3 Mb...
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