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Subtelomeric deletions of 1q43q44 and severe brain impairment associated with delayed myelination.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Sept 2012
Shimojima Keiko, Okamoto Nobuhiko, Suzuki Yume, Saito Mari, Mori Masato, Yamagata Tatanori, Momoi Mariko Y, Hattori Hideji, Okano Yoshiyuki, Hisata Ken, Okumura Akihisa, Yamamoto Toshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
Subtelomeric deletions of 1q44 cause mental retardation, developmental delay and brain anomalies, including abnormalities of the corpus callosum (ACC) and microcephaly in most patients. We report the cases of six patients with 1q44 deletions; two patients with interstitial deletions of 1q44; and four patients with terminal deletions of 1q. One of the patients showed an unbalanced translocation between chromosome...
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