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ArticleEuropean journal of human genetics : EJHG2010

An atypical 7q11.23 deletion in a normal IQ Williams-Beuren syndrome patient.

Giovanni Battista Ferrero, Cédric Howald, Lucia Micale, Elisa Biamino, Bartolomeo Augello, Carmela Fusco, Maria Giuseppina Turturo, Serena Forzano, Alexandre Reymond, Giuseppe Merla

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Article in European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 109 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Giovanni Battista FerreroDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
Cédric Howald
Lucia Micale
Elisa Biamino
Bartolomeo Augello
Carmela Fusco
Maria Giuseppina Turturo
Serena Forzano
Alexandre Reymond
Giuseppe Merla
Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza · ITUniversity of Turin · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITUniversity of Lausanne · CH

Funding

Telethon GGP06122
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS; OMIM no. 194050) is a multisystemic neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a hemizygous deletion of 1.55 Mb on chromosome 7q11.23 spanning 28 genes. Haploinsufficiency of the ELN gene was shown to be responsible for supravalvular aortic stenosis and generalized arteriopathy, whereas LIMK1, CLIP2, GTF2IRD1 and GTF2I genes were suggested to be linked to the specific cognitive profile and craniofacial features. These insights for genotype-phenotype correlations came from the molecular and clinical analysis of patients with atypical deletions and mice models. Here we report a patient showing mild WBS physical phenotype and normal IQ, who carries a shorter 1 Mb atypical deletion. This rearrangement does not include the GTF2IRD1 and GTF2I genes and only partially the BAZ1B gene. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that hemizygosity of the GTF2IRD1 and GTF2I genes might be involved in the facial dysmorphisms and in the specific motor and cognitive deficits observed in WBS patients.

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Chromosome DeletionAdultChildCognitionFemaleGenome, HumanHumansInfantInfant, NewbornIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceIntelligence TestsMalePhenotypePolymerase Chain ReactionPregnancyWilliams Syndrome

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PMID19568270
PMCPMC2987159
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