Childhood-onset schizophrenia case with 2.2 Mb deletion at chromosome 3p12.2-p12.1 and two large chromosomal abnormalities at 16q22.3-q24.3 and Xq23-q28.
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SUBMITTER: Rudd D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4405302 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
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Childhood-onset schizophrenia case with 2.2 Mb deletion at chromosome 3p12.2-p12.1 and two large chromosomal abnormalities at 16q22.3-q24.3 and Xq23-q28.
Rudd Danielle D Axelsen Michael M Epping Eric A EA Andreasen Nancy N Wassink Thomas T
Clinical case reports 20150202 4
Childhood-onset schizophrenia is rare, comprising 1% of known schizophrenia cases. Here, we report a patient with childhood-onset schizophrenia who has three large chromosomal abnormalities: an inherited 2.2 Mb deletion of chromosome 3p12.2-p12.1, a de novo 16.7 Mb duplication of 16q22.3-24.3, and a de novo 43 Mb deletion of Xq23-q28. ...[more]
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