title: Peek-a-boo fragile site at 16d associated with Tourette syndrome, bipolar disorder, autistic disorder, and mental retardation.
abstract: Five patients with a fragile site at 16q22-23 and neuropsychiatric disorders are reported. Three of five had Tourette disorder, three had mental retardation, two had bipolar disorder, and one had autistic disorder. During our attempts to study the fragile sites in more detail we were unable to reproduce the fragile sites found several years earlier. The potential relationship between the fragile sites and the neuropsychiatric disorders in these patients is discussed. Am. J. Med. Genet. (Neuropsychiatr. Genet.) 96:69-73, 2000.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kerbeshian
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Severud
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Burd
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Larson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000235:genetics*; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000235:genetics*; D043283:Chromosome Fragile Sites; D002873:Chromosome Fragility; D002885:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D005879:Tourette Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*