Mild mental retardation in a child with a de novo interstitial deletion of 15q21.2q22.1: A comparison with previously described cases

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 639-645

  Tempesta, Sergio ^a   Sollima, Danila ^a   Ghezzo, Sara ^a   Politi, Valeria ^a   Sinigaglia, Barbara ^a   Balducci, Federica ^a   Celso, Bommina ^a   Restuccia, Antonino ^a   Stefani, Marina ^a   Cernetti, Roberta ^b   Marzocchi, Cinzia ^c   Ciccone, Roberto ^d   Zuffardi, Orsetta ^d,e   Bovicelli, Luciano ^a,f   Santarini, Loredana ^a  

^a Tecnobios Procreazione   (Italy)

^b ULSS15 Alta Padovana ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e Division of Urology   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

15q21 Deletion; Array CGH; FISH; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOTELORISM; MENTAL DEFICIENCY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION;

EID: 56949084573     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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