title: Interstitial deletion of chromosome 4p associated with mild mental retardation, epilepsy and polymicrogyria of the left temporal lobe.
abstract: In this study, we present a 38-year-old woman with an interstitial deletion of 4p15.1-15.3, mild mental retardation, epilepsy and polymicrogyria adjacent to an arachnoid cyst of the left temporal lobe. The deletion was ascertained through array-comparative genome hybridization screening of patients with epilepsy and brain malformations. To date, about 35 patients with cytogenetically visible deletions involving 4p15 and without Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome have been described, but the extent of the deletions has not been determined in the majority of these cases. The clinical manifestations of the patient described in this study were similar but not identical to the previously reported cases with 4p15 interstitial deletions. This finding indicates the presence of one or more genes involved in brain development and epilepsy in this chromosome region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Danish Epilepsy Centre, Dianalund, Denmark. rikkmo@vestamt.dk
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Møller
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ullmann
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Ropers
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tommerup
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tümer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002894:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4 / Q000235:genetics*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*; D054220:Malformations of Cortical Development / Q000235:genetics*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000002:abnormalities*