Cryptic x; autosome translocation in a boy--delineation of the phenotype.

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Chromosome X-to-autosome translocations [t(X;A)] are rare rearrangements with an estimated occurrence of 1 to 3 per 10,000 live births. Occurrences of Xq duplications have been observed in male and female subjects in whom the X chromosome segment escapes inactivation and results in functional disomy. We report a case of X;6 translocation in a 7-year-old boy with severe mental retardation, hypotonia, and recurrent...

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