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Molecular characterization of an interstitial deletion of 1p31.3 in a patient with obesity and psychiatric illness and a review of the literature.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Apr 2011
Petti Marilena, Samanich Joy, Pan Qiulu, Huang Chih-Kang, Reinmund Jana, Farooqi Sadaf, Morrow Bernice, Babcock Melanie
Abstract excerpt
We report on the clinical and array-based characterization of an interstitial 1p31.3 deletion in a 15-year-old male patient with obesity, behavioral problems including multiple psychiatric diagnoses, mild intellectual impairment, facial dysmorphism, and a strong family history of psychiatric illness. The deletion breakpoints were determined by molecular karyotyping, revealing a 3.2 Mb excision. Patients...
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