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Familial 14.5 Mb interstitial deletion 13q21.1-13q21.33 : clinical and array-CGH study of a benign phenotype in a three-generation family

Filges, Isabel and Röthlisberger, Benno and Noppen, Christoph and Boesch, Nemya and Wenzel, Friedel and Necker, Judith and Binkert, Franz and Huber, Andreas R. and Heinimann, Karl and Miny, Peter. (2009) Familial 14.5 Mb interstitial deletion 13q21.1-13q21.33 : clinical and array-CGH study of a benign phenotype in a three-generation family. American journal of medical genetics, Vol. 149. pp. 237-241.

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Abstract

We report on the clinical and cytogenetic findings as well as the array-based characterization of an interstitial familial 13q21 deletion initially recognized by standard karyotyping. Although 13q deletions are known to imply a wide variability of clinical consequences, the deletion carriers of the familial deletion in three generations did not reveal a relevant phenotype. The breakpoints and the deletion size in all three carrier individuals were determined by molecular karyotyping confirming a large 14.5 Mb deletion encompassing the 13q21.1-13q21.33 region identical in all three carriers. Gene paucity and the lack of dosage-sensitive genes in the delineated region might explain the apparently innocuous nature of this chromosomal anomaly. The example of this family presents evidence for describing the chromosomal region 13q21.1-13q21.33 as a large euchromatic variant or benign copy number variation without phenotypic consequences. Our data underline the importance of a phenogenetic approach combining clinical and laboratory evidence in the interpretation of segmental chromosomal anomalies especially in genetic counseling related to prenatal diagnosis.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde (Klinik) > Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde (UKBB) > Medizinische Genetik (Miny)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde (Klinik) > Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde (UKBB) > Medizinische Genetik (Miny)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde (Klinik) > Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde (UKBB) > Pädiatrie (Frey)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde (Klinik) > Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde (UKBB) > Pädiatrie (Frey)
UniBasel Contributors:Miny, Peter and Heinimann, Karl
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Wiley-Liss
ISSN:0148-7299
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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