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46,XY,r(8)/45,XY,-8 Mosaicism as a Possible Mechanism of the Imprinted Birk-Barel Syndrome: A Case Study.
Genes - 9 Dec 2020
Kashevarova Anna A, Nikitina Tatyana V, Mikhailik Larisa I, Belyaeva Elena O, Vasilyev Stanislav A, Lopatkina Mariya E, Fedotov Dmitry A, Fonova Elizaveta A, Zarubin Aleksei A, Sivtsev Aleksei A, Skryabin Nikolay A, Nazarenko Lyudmila P, Lebedev Igor N
Abstract excerpt
Ring chromosome 8 (r(8)) is one of the least frequent ring chromosomes. Usually, maternal chromosome 8 forms a ring, which can be lost from cells due to mitotic instability. The 8q24 region contains the imprinted KCNK9 gene, which is expressed from the maternal allele. Heterozygous KCNK9 mutations are associated with the imprinting disorder Birk-Barel syndrome. Here, we report a 2.5-year-old boy with...
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