title: Non-syndromic mental retardation segregating with an apparently balanced t(1;17) reciprocal translocation through three generations.
abstract: We describe a family in which non-syndromic mental retardation (MR) and an apparently balanced reciprocal translocation, t(1;17)(p36. 3;p11.2) segregates in eight individuals over three generations. Four children showed psychomotor developmental delay, reduced muscle tone, poor coordination, and learning difficulties. The affected adults had a varying range of behavioral problems and difficulties in social adjustment but no abnormal neurological signs. Most of them were functioning at the borderline learning difficulty level in intellectual abilities with additional specific difficulties in reading in two individuals. The Smith-Magenis and 1p36.3 deletion syndromes were excluded. We propose that this reciprocal translocation has disrupted an autosomal gene with an important function in cognitive development, and this family represents a unique resource for the molecular genetic study on non-syndromic MR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Health, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: S Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: McDermot
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Svennevik
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hastings
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree; D014178:Translocation, Genetic