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. 2012 May 23;20(12):1315–1319. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.92

Table 1. Clinical features in patients with molecularly characterized and overlapping interstitial deletions involving the 18q12.2 region.

Reference Present report Gilling et al13 McEntagart et al10 Published patientsa (not fine mapped and/or not phenotyped in detail) Total
Number of patients 1 1 1 18 21
Examination method SNP array, NGS aCGH, FISH aCGH Karyotype/aCGH/FISH
Deletion 18q12q12.2 18q12.1q12.2 18q11.2q12.2 Unbalancedb
Age (years) 27 38 4 2–67 2–67
Gender M F M 6F, 12M 7F, 14M
ID/DD (+)c + 18/18 20/21
Motor delay + + + 12/12 15/15
Seizures + + 11/16 13/19
Hypotonia + NR 8/11 9/13
Behavioral difficulties + + + 11/13d 14/16
ASD/autistic traits + + NR 4/5 6/7
Obesity + NR NR 9/13d 10/14
Strabismus NR NR 8/11d 8/12
Myopia + + NR 1/4 3/6
Hypermetropia NR 2/4 2/6
Dysmorphic features 15/16 15/19

Abbreviations: aCGH, array comparative genome hybridization; ASD, autism spectrum disorder; F, female; FISH, fluorescence in situ hybridization; ID/DD, intellectual disability or developmental delay; M, male; NR, not reported; SNP, single-nucleotide polymorphism.

a

Chudley et al1, 7; Engelen et al9; Feenstra et al12; Krasikov et al6; Poissonnier et al8; Schinzel et al4; Surh et al5; Wilson et al.2, 3

b

Cytogenetic unbalances (range 18q11–18q21.1), all include 18q12.2.

c

Intelligence quotient=71.

d

Feenstra et al12 note that common features in the studied group of 29 patients include obesity, strabismus, and behavioral problems. Since it is not specified if the 2 reported patients with deletions overlapping 18q12.2 have these features, they are not counted here.