The phenotypic manifestations of interstitial duplications of proximal 15q with special reference to the autistic spectrum disorders
Bolton, Patrick Farrar, Dennis, N.R., Browne, C.E., Thomas, N.S., Veltman, M.W.M., Thompson, R.J. and Jacobs, P. (2001) The phenotypic manifestations of interstitial duplications of proximal 15q with special reference to the autistic spectrum disorders. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 105, (8), 675-685. (doi:10.1002/ajmg.1551).
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This study investigated the phenotypic manifestations of interstitial duplications of chromosome 15 that involve the Prader-Willi/Angelman syndrome critical region (PWACR). Twenty-one affected individuals from six families were evaluated in detail, using standardized and semi-standardized measures of intelligence, psychopathology, and physical anomalies. Special attention was placed on determining the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders as well as the relationship between the parental origin of the duplication and the phenotypic effects. Assessments of the affected individuals were compared with evaluations of the unaffected relatives from the same families. Results indicated that duplications in the region were associated with variable degrees of intellectual impairments and motor coordination problems. Four of the subjects received a diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorder. Three of these cases were probands and only one met criteria for classic autism. There was very little evidence of the duplication cosegregating with autism spectrum disorder diagnosis. Paternally inherited duplications were significantly less likely to give rise to phenotypic effects. The findings indicate that duplications in the PWACR give rise to developmental delay but not necessarily autism spectrum disorders. They also suggest that phenotypic expression is dependent on the parental origin of the duplication and implicate maternally active genes in the pathogenesis of the developmental impairments. Further research will be required to clarify the range and basis of the phenotypic manifestations.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0148-7299 (print) |
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| Keywords: | autism, chromosome 15, duplication, pwacr, imprinting, 15q11-q13 |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Human Genetics |
| Item ID: | 24631 |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Apr 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 04:06 |
| Contributors: | Bolton, Patrick Farrar (Author) Dennis, N.R. (Author) Browne, C.E. (Author) Thomas, N.S. (Author) Veltman, M.W.M. (Author) Thompson, R.J. (Author) Jacobs, P. (Author) |
| Date: | 8 December 2001 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/24631 |
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