title: Submicroscopic interstitial deletion of chromosome 11q22.3 in a girl with mild mental retardation and facial dysmorphism: Case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Except for terminal deletions that lead to Jacobsen syndrome, interstitial deletions involving the long arm of chromosome 11 are not frequently reported. A clinically distinct phenotype is usually observed in these cases, and no clear genotype-phenotype correlation is proposed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Here we present a case study of a 5-year-old girl with de novo submicroscopic deletion of chromosome 11q22.3 with mild mental retardation and facial dysmorphism. A standard cytogenetic analysis did not reveal any structural aberrations. In contrary, array-CGH analysis indicated a small deletion of 11q22.3.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To our knowledge, this is the smallest 11q22.3 deletion reported in literature, containing nine RefSeq genes. Although none of the deleted genes are obvious candidates for the features observed in our patient, genes CUL5 and SLN could play a key role in the features described.
authors.affiliation: Maribor Medical Faculty, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia. nadja.kokalj-vokac@ukc-mb.si.
authors.forename: Danijela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Krgovic
authors.forename: Natasa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Marcun Varda
authors.forename: Andreja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zagorac
authors.forename: Nadja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kokalj-Vokac