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SUBMITTER: Andrieux J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2597929 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Andrieux J J Villenet C C Quief S S Lignon S S Geffroy S S Roumier C C de Leersnyder H H de Blois M-C MC Manouvrier S S Delobel B B Benzacken B B Bitoun P P Attie-Bitach T T Thomas S S Lyonnet S S Vekemans M M Kerckaert J-P JP
Journal of medical genetics 20070427 8
<h4>Background</h4>Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS) is rare (prevalence 1 in 25 000) and is associated with psychomotor delay, a particular behavioural pattern and congenital anomalies. SMS is often due to a chromosomal deletion of <4 Mb at the 17p11.2 locus, leading to haploinsufficiency of numerous genes. Mutations of one of these gemes, RAI1, seems to be responsible for the main features found with heterozygous 17p11.2 deletions.<h4>Methods</h4>We studied DNA from 30 patients with SMS using a 300 ...[more]