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Phenotype of FOXP2 haploinsufficiency in a mother and son.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jan 2012
Rice Gregory M, Raca Gordana, Jakielski Kathy J, Laffin Jennifer J, Iyama-Kurtycz Christina M, Hartley Sigan L, Sprague Rae E, Heintzelman Anne T, Shriberg Lawrence D
Abstract excerpt
Disruptions in FOXP2, a transcription factor, are the only known monogenic cause of speech and language impairment. We report on clinical findings for two new individuals with a submicroscopic deletion of FOXP2: a boy with severe apraxia of speech and his currently moderately affected mother. A 1.57 Mb deletion on chromosome 7q31 was detected by array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH). In addition to...
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