| Literature DB >> 16906164 |
David A Koolen1, Lisenka E L M Vissers, Rolph Pfundt, Nicole de Leeuw, Samantha J L Knight, Regina Regan, R Frank Kooy, Edwin Reyniers, Corrado Romano, Marco Fichera, Albert Schinzel, Alessandra Baumer, Britt-Marie Anderlid, Jacqueline Schoumans, Nine V Knoers, Ad Geurts van Kessel, Erik A Sistermans, Joris A Veltman, Han G Brunner, Bert B A de Vries.
Abstract
Submicroscopic genomic copy number changes have been identified only recently as an important cause of mental retardation. We describe the detection of three interstitial, overlapping 17q21.31 microdeletions in a cohort of 1,200 mentally retarded individuals associated with a clearly recognizable clinical phenotype of mental retardation, hypotonia and a characteristic face. The deletions encompass the MAPT and CRHR1 genes and are associated with a common inversion polymorphism.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16906164 DOI: 10.1038/ng1853
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Genet ISSN: 1061-4036 Impact factor: 38.330