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A previously undescribed de novo 4p15 deletion in a patient with apparently isolated metopic craniosynostosis.

[wolf-hirschhorn syndrome]

Interstitial deletion of the short arm of chromosome 4, excluding cytoband p16, has been described as a distinct phenotype from the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, characterized by a deletion encompassing cytoband p16. We report on the case of a 14-month-old boy with an apparently isolated craniosynostosis and harboring a de novo microdeletion in band 4p15. The imbalance, about 4 Mb in size is, to date, the smallest deletion ever described in this region, encompassing 12 genes. A comparison with other previously described cases of 4p15 deletion is made, and the possible roles of some genes involved in the deletion are discussed.

Diseases presenting "isolated metopic craniosynostosis.interstitial deletion of the short arm" symptom

  • wolf-hirschhorn syndrome

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