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A new microdeletion syndrome of 5q31.3 characterized by severe developmental delays, distinctive facial features, and delayed myelination.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Apr 2011
Shimojima Keiko, Isidor Bertrand, Le Caignec Cédric, Kondo Akiko, Sakata Shinji, Ohno Kousaku, Yamamoto Toshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
Chromosomal deletion including 5q31 is rare and only a few patients have been reported to date. We report here the first two patients with a submicroscopic deletion of 5q31.3 identified by microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization. The common clinical features of both patients were marked hypotonia,feeding difficulty in infancy, severe developmental delay, and epileptic/nonepileptic encephalopathy...
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