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HUMAN MUTATION
Volume 28, Issue 10, Pages 958-967Publisher
WILEY-LISS
DOI: 10.1002/humu.20537
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subtelomeric imbalance; copy number variation; array CGH; mental retardation
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Subtelomeric imbalances are identified in similar to 5% of patients with idiopathic mental retardation (MR) and multiple congenital anomalies (MCA). Because of this high incidence, screening for subtelomeric anomalies became part of the routine genetic evaluation of MCA/MR patients. In contrast to the general view that subtelomeric imbalances cause MCA/MR, we report here 15 subtelomeric copy-number changes in 12 families in which the imbalance is inherited from a phenotypically normal parent. We detected inherited deletions at subtelomeres 2q, 3p, 4p, 4q, 6q, 10q, 17p, 17q, Xp, and Yq and duplications at 1q, 4q, 10q, and 11q. Interestingly, in addition to small deletions ( <1 Mb) also unexpected large deletions and duplications up to 7.8Mb were detected. Taken together with previous reports, a total of 16 subtelomeric duplications and 18 deletions inherited from a phenotypically normal parent have now been reported. Clearly, more extensive genotype-phenotype correlations are needed to better understand the phenotypic consequences of these subtelomeric copy number variations and to resolve the current uncertainty for genetic counseling in postnatal and prenatal diagnosis.
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