| Two families with sibling recurrence of the 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome due to low-grade mosaicism. | |
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The 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome is characterised by intellectual disability, epilepsy, distinctive facial dysmorphism, and congenital anomalies. To date, all individuals reported with this syndrome have been simplex patients, resulting from de novo deletions. Here, we report sibling recurrence of the 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome in two independent families. In both families, the mother was confirmed to be the parent-of-origin for the 17q21.31 deletion. Fluorescence in situ hybridisation analyses in buccal mucosa cells, of the mother of family 1, identified monosomy 17q21.31 in 4/50 nuclei (8%). In mother of family 2, the deletion was identified in 2/60 (3%) metaphase and in 3/100 (3%) interphase nuclei in peripheral lymphocytes, and in 7/100 (7%) interphase nuclei in buccal cells. A common 17q21.31 inversion polymorphism predisposes to non-allelic homologous recombination and hereby to the 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome. On the basis of the 17q21.31 inversion status of the parents, we calculated that the probability of the second deletion occurring by chance alone was 1/14 438 and 1/4812, respectively. If the inversion status of the parents of a child with the 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome is unknown, the overall risk of a second child with the 17q21.31 microdeletion is 1/9461. We conclude that the presence of low-level maternal somatic-gonadal mosaicism is associated with the microdeletion recurrence in these families. This suggests that the recurrence risk for parents with a child with a 17q21.31 microdeletion for future pregnancies is higher than by chance alone and testing for mosaicism in the parents might be considered as a helpful tool in the genetic counselling.European Journal of Human Genetics advance online publication, 1 February 2012; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2012.1. |
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David A Koolen; Juliette Dupont; Nicole de Leeuw; Lisenka Elm Vissers; Simone Pa van den Heuvel; Alyson Bradbury; James Steer; Arjan Pm de Brouwer; Leo P Ten Kate; Willy M Nillesen; Bert Ba de Vries; Michael J Parker |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-2-01 |
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Title: European journal of human genetics : EJHG Volume: - ISSN: 1476-5438 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Feb |
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Created Date: 2012-2-1 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9302235 Medline TA: Eur J Hum Genet Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Human Genetics, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. |
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