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A new single gene deletion on 2q34: ERBB4 is associated with intellectual disability.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jun 2013
Kasnauskiene Jurate, Ciuladaite Zivile, Preiksaitiene Egle, Utkus Algirdas, Peciulyte Agnė, Kučinskas Vaidutis
Abstract excerpt
We report on a 15-year-old patient with hyperactivity, intellectual disability and severe speech developmental delay. An array CGH analysis revealed de novo 2q34 deletion, 958 kb in size, involving a single protein coding gene ERBB4 (position 212,505,294-213,463,152; NCBI build 36). The ERBB4 gene is important in numerous neurobiological processes in both the developing and the adult brain. The NRG1-ERBB4...
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