| Literature DB >> 25339993 |
Merlin G Butler1, Kelly M Usrey1, Jennifer L Roberts1, Ann M Manzardo1, Stephen R Schroeder2.
Abstract
We report a 32-month-old female of Peruvian ethnicity identified with a rare 20q13.2-q13.33 deletion using microarray analysis. She presented with intellectual disability, absent speech, hypotonia, pre- and post-natal growth retardation and an abnormal face with a unilateral cleft lip. Clinical features and genetic findings with the loss of 30 genes, including GNAS, MC3R, CDH4 and TFAP2C, are described in relationship to the very few cases of 20q13 deletion reported in the literature. Deletion of this region may play an important role in neurodevelopment and function and in causing specific craniofacial features.Entities:
Keywords: 20q13 deletion; Microarray analysis; atypical development; cleft lip; dysmorphic features; intellectual disability
Year: 2013 PMID: 25339993 PMCID: PMC4203459 DOI: 10.3233/PGE-13065
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatr Genet ISSN: 2146-460X