title: Chromosome 3p25 deletion in mother and daughter with minimal phenotypic effect.
abstract: 3p25 deletion syndrome is characterized by mental retardation, growth retardation, hypotonia, microcephaly, ptosis, and micrognathia. Of the 42 persons with this deletion syndrome cited in the literature, only 2 patients, a mother-daughter pair, have previously been reported without apparent clinical consequence. We present a second mother-daughter dyad with a terminal 3p25.3-3pter deletion, who present with only mild clinical effects. In addition to cytogenetic analysis, array CGH was performed to determine the breakpoints at the molecular level. Our data show that the 3p25 deletion syndrome may, therefore, reflect a much broader phenotypic spectrum than previously recognized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA. jtakagis@hsc.usf.edu
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takagishi
authors.forename: Katherine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Rauen
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Drumheller
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kousseff
authors.forename: Maxine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sutcliffe
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics; D000328:Adult; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3 / Q000235:genetics*; D003582:Cytogenetics; D005260:Female; D018628:Gene Dosage; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007223:Infant; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D010641:Phenotype; D011247:Pregnancy; D013577:Syndrome