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. 1991 Sep;28(9):627–632. doi: 10.1136/jmg.28.9.627

Smith-Magenis syndrome: a new contiguous gene syndrome. Report of three new cases.

A Moncla 1, M O Livet 1, M Auger 1, J F Mattei 1, M G Mattei 1, F Giraud 1
PMCID: PMC1015796  PMID: 1956064

Abstract

Interstitial deletion of the short arm of chromosome 17 was detected in three patients. They all had a similar phenotype with mental retardation, behavioural problems, facial dysmorphism, brachycephaly, a broad face with a flat midface, and short and broad hands. All three cases were ascertained over a six month period by two neuropaediatricians aware of this specific anomaly, which suggests that this microdeletion is not particularly rare. Comparison of the clinical and cytogenetic findings in a total of 24 patients allows a new contiguous gene syndrome to be defined that only high resolution analysis can detect. In two cases, molecular analysis confirmed the cytogenetic results. The Charcot-Marie-Tooth type Ia gene has recently been localised to the 17p11.2 sub-band.

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