Article
12p13.33 microdeletion including ELKS/ERC1, a new locus associated with childhood apraxia of speech.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jan 2013
Thevenon Julien, Callier Patrick, Andrieux Joris, Delobel Bruno, David Albert, Sukno Sylvie, Minot Delphine, Mosca Anne Laure, Marle Nathalie, Sanlaville Damien, Bonnet Marlène, Masurel-Paulet Alice, Levy Fabienne, Gaunt Lorraine, Farrell Sandra, Le Caignec Cédric, Toutain Annick, Carmignac Virginie, Mugneret Francine, Clayton-Smith Jill, Thauvin-Robinet Christel, Faivre Laurence
Abstract excerpt
Speech sound disorders are heterogeneous conditions, and sporadic and familial cases have been described. However, monogenic inheritance explains only a small proportion of such disorders, in particular in cases with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Deletions of <5 Mb involving the 12p13.33 locus is one of the least commonly deleted subtelomeric regions. Only four patients have been reported with such a...
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