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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
Volume 20, Issue 5, Pages 527-533Publisher
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.233
Keywords
ocular developmental anomaly; array-CGH; OTX2; FOXC1; 16p11.2 deletion; YWHAE
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In 65 patients, who had unexplained ocular developmental anomalies (ODAs) with at least one other birth defect and/or intellectual disability, we performed oligonucleotide comparative genome hybridisation-based microarray analysis (array-CGH; 105A or 180K, Agilent Technologies). In four patients, array-CGH identified clinically relevant deletions encompassing a gene known to be involved in ocular development (FOXC1 or OTX2). In four other patients, we found three pathogenic deletions not classically associated with abnormal ocular morphogenesis, namely, del(17)(p13.3p13.3), del(10)(p14p15.3), and del(16)(p11.2p11.2). We also detected copy number variations of uncertain pathogenicity in two other patients. Rearranged segments ranged in size from 0.04 to 5.68 Mb. These results show that array-CGH provides a high diagnostic yield (15%) in patients with syndromal ODAs and can identify previously unknown chromosomal regions associated with these conditions. In addition to their importance for diagnosis and genetic counselling, these data may help identify genes involved in ocular development. European Journal of Human Genetics (2012) 20, 527-533; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2011.233; published online 11 January 2012
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