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A 2 Mb deletion in 14q13 associated with severe developmental delay and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Caliebe Almuth, Martin Subero Jose I, Muhle Hiltrud, Gesk Stefan, Jänig Ute, Krause Martin, Plendl Hansjörg, Stephani Ulrich, Siebert Reiner, Eckmann-Scholz Christel
Abstract excerpt
Interstitial deletions of chromosome 14 have rarely been described. We report on a boy in whom a 2 Mb deletion in 14q13 was discovered by array CGH. The deletion was a de novo event. The boy presented with asymmetrical growth retardation at birth. There was severe developmental delay with muscular hypotonia and focal epilepsy with apneic episodes progressing to serial tonic seizures. At the age of 3 3/12 years he...
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