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Novel microdeletions on chromosome 14q32.2 suggest a potential role for non-coding RNAs in Kagami-Ogata syndrome.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Dec 2016
van der Werf Ilse M, Buiting Karin, Czeschik Christina, Reyniers Edwin, Vandeweyer Geert, Vanhaesebrouck Piet, Lüdecke Hermann-Josef, Wieczorek Dagmar, Horsthemke Bernhard, Mortier Geert, Leroy Jules G, Kooy R Frank
Abstract excerpt
In approximately 20% of individuals with Kagami-Ogata syndrome (KOS14, MIM 608149), characterized by a bell-shaped thorax with coat-hanger configuration of the ribs, joint contractures, abdominal wall defects and polyhydramnios during the pregnancy, the syndrome is caused by a maternal deletion of the imprinted gene cluster in chromosome 14q32.2. Most deletions reported so far included one or both of the...
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