Multiple copy number variants in a pediatric patient with Hb H disease and intellectual disability.

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Two distinct syndromes that link α-thalassemia and intellectual disability (ID) have been described: ATR-X, due to mutations in the ATRX gene, and ATR-16, a contiguous gene deletion syndrome in the telomeric region of the short arm of chromosome 16. A critical region where the candidate genes for the ID map has been established. In a pediatric patient with Hemoglobin H disease, dysmorphic features and ID, 4 novel...

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