[Mild mental retardation and complex psychiatric symptoms are accompanied by submicroscopic sub-telomeric deletion of a long arm of chromosome 3. A case study].
A 34-year-old woman presented with complex symptoms of unknown origin. Because she suffered from a co-existing learning disability (mental retardation) and dysmorphic disorders a genetic examination was carried out. This revealed a submicroscopic terminal deletion of the long arm of chromosome 3. The contribution that clinical genetics make to the diagnosis of mental retardation is discussed on the basis of a review of the recent literature.
Kajosch
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Hendrik-kajosch@web.de
Vanderbruggen
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Keymolen
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D'haenen
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de Baerdemaeker
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D000328:Adult; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3 / Q000235:genetics*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*