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Deletion of 8.5 Mb, including theFMR1 gene, in a male with the fragile X syndrome phenotype and overgrowth

✍ Scribed by Parvari, R.; Mumm, S.; Galil, A.; Manor, E.; Bar-David, Y.; Carmi, R.

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
29 KB
Volume
83
Category
Article
ISSN
0148-7299
DOI
10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19990402)83:4<302::aid-ajmg13>3.0.co;2-p

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✦ Synopsis

A four-year-old boy with severe psychomotor retardation, facial appearance consistent with the fragile X syndrome, hypotonia, and overgrowth was found to have a deletion including the fragile X gene (FMR1). The breakpoints of the deletion were established between CDR1 and sWXD2905 (approximately 200 kb apart) at Xq27.1 (centromeric) and between DXS8318 (612-1078L) and DXS7847 (576-291L) (approximately 250 kb apart) at Xq28, about 500 kb telomeric to the FMR1 gene. The total length of the deletion is approximately 8.5 Mb. The propositus's mother, who was found to be a carrier of the deletion, showed very mild mental impairment. Except for mental retardation, which is a common finding in all cases reported with similar deletions of chromosome Xq, this patient had generalized overgrowth, exceeding the 97th centile for height and weight. Obesity and increased growth parameters have been reported in other patients with deletions either overlapping or within a distance of 0.5 Mb from the deletion in the present patient. Thus, it is suggested that a deletion of the 8-Mb fragment centromeric to the FMR1 gene might have an effect on growth. Am. J. Med. Genet. 83:302-307, 1999.

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