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Saethre-Chotzen phenotype with learning disability and hyper IgE phenotype in a patient due to complex chromosomal rearrangement involving chromosomes 3 and 7.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jul 2012
Zechi-Ceide Roseli Maria, Rodrigues Melina Guerreiro, Jehee Fernanda Sarquis, Kokitsu-Nakata Nancy Mizue, Passos-Bueno Maria Rita, Guion-Almeida Maria Leine
Abstract excerpt
The authors describe on a Brazilian girl with coronal synostosis, facial asymmetry, ptosis, brachydactyly, significant learning difficulties, recurrent scalp infections with marked hair loss, and elevated serum immunoglobulin E. Standard lymphocyte karyotype showed a small additional segment in 7p21[46,XX,add(7)(p21)]. Deletion of the TWIST1 gene, detected by Multiplex Ligation Probe-dependent Amplification...
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