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SUBMITTER: Coldren CD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3050515 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Coldren C D CD Lai Z Z Shragg P P Rossi E E Glidewell S C SC Zuffardi O O Mattina T T Ivy D D DD Curfs L M LM Mattson S N SN Riley E P EP Treier M M Grossfeld P D PD
Neurogenetics 20081015 2
We performed a prospective analysis on 14 11q- patients to determine the relationship between the degree of cognitive impairment and relative deletion size. Seventeen measures of cognitive function were assessed. All nine patients with a deletion of at least 12.1 Mb had severe global cognitive impairment, with full-scale IQ <50, whereas all five patients with smaller deletions, <or=11.8 Mb, demonstrated mild cognitive impairment, with a full-scale IQ of 63 or higher (p < 0.001). Among these five ...[more]