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. 2024 Sep 30;15:40. doi: 10.1186/s13229-024-00619-z

Table 2.

SHANK3 genetic variation in 401 individuals with Phelan-McDermid syndrome

Genetic variant N (%) Mosaic
22q13 deletion including SHANK3 350 (87.3%)
 Terminal deletion 340 (97.1%) 11
  Simple deletion 70 (20.6%) 1
  Unbalanced translocation 41 (12.1%) 1
  Ring chromosome 22 29 (8.5%) 2
  Other rearrangementsa 6 (1.8%) 1
  Unknownb 194 (57.1%) 6
 Interstitial deletion 10 (2.9%) 2
SHANK3 sequence variant 51 (12.7%)
 Frameshift 40 (78.4%)
 Nonsense 5 (9.8%)
 Splice site 2 (3.9%)
 Missense 4 (7.8%)

aOther rearrangements in chromosome 22 included 2 satellited chromosomes, 1 pseudodicentric chromosome, 1 unbalanced inversion, and 2 uncharacterized rearrangements

bPatients with terminal deletions identified by chromosomal microarray but without a karyotype to exclude the presence of a ring chromosome were classified as unknown