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Case Reports
. 2011 Apr;155A(4):732-6.
doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33891. Epub 2011 Mar 15.

A new microdeletion syndrome of 5q31.3 characterized by severe developmental delays, distinctive facial features, and delayed myelination

Keiko Shimojima  1 , Bertrand Isidor, Cédric Le Caignec, Akiko Kondo, Shinji Sakata, Kousaku Ohno, Toshiyuki Yamamoto
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A new microdeletion syndrome of 5q31.3 characterized by severe developmental delays, distinctive facial features, and delayed myelination

Keiko Shimojima et al. Am J Med Genet A. 2011 Apr.

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  • Am J Med Genet A. 2011 Nov;155A(11):2903

Abstract

Chromosomal deletion including 5q31 is rare and only a few patients have been reported to date. We report here the first two patients with a submicroscopic deletion of 5q31.3 identified by microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization. The common clinical features of both patients were marked hypotonia,feeding difficulty in infancy, severe developmental delay, and epileptic/nonepileptic encephalopathy associated with delayed myelination. Both patients also shared characteristic facial features,including narrow forehead, low-set and dysmorphic ears, bilateral ptosis, anteverted nares, long philtrum, tented upper vermilion,edematous cheeks, and high arched palate. The deleted region contains clustered PCDHs, including PCDHA [corrected]. and PCDHG, which are highly expressed in the brain where they function to guide neurons during brain development, neuronal differentiation, and synaptogenesis. The common deletion also contains neuregulin 2(NRG2), a major gene for neurodevelopment. We suggest that 5q31.3 deletion is responsible for severe brain developmental delay and distinctive facial features, and that the common findings in these two patients should be recognized as a new microdeletion syndrome. We need further investigations to determine which genes are really responsible for patients' characteristic features

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