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Smith-Magenis syndrome and its circadian influence on development, behavior, and obesity - own experience.
Developmental period medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Chen Li, Mullegama Sureni V, Alaimo Joseph T, Elsea Sarah H
Abstract excerpt
Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS) is a complex genetic disorder characterized by sleep disturbance, multiple developmental anomalies, psychiatric behavior, and obesity. It is caused by a heterozygous 17p11.2 microdeletion containing the retinoic acid-induced 1 (RAI1) gene or mutation within RAI1. Sleep disorder is one of the most penetrant features of SMS. Molecular genetic studies indicate that RAI1 regulates...
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