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Findings from aCGH in patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH): A possible locus for Fryns syndrome
Author(s) -
Kantarci S.,
Casavant D.,
Prada C.,
Russell M.,
Byrne J.,
Haug L. Wilkins,
Jennings R.,
Manning S.,
Boyd T.K.,
Fryns J.P.,
Holmes L.B.,
Donahoe P.K.,
Lee C.,
Kimonis V.,
Pober B.R.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of medical genetics part a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.064
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1552-4833
pISSN - 1552-4825
DOI - 10.1002/ajmg.a.31025
Subject(s) - congenital diaphragmatic hernia , comparative genomic hybridization , medicine , diaphragmatic hernia , phenocopy , locus (genetics) , karyotype , breakpoint , genetics , pathology , pediatrics , chromosome , hernia , biology , surgery , gene , phenotype , fetus , pregnancy
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a common and often devastating birth defect that can occur in isolation or as part of a malformation complex. Considerable progress is being made in the identification of genetic causes of CDH. We applied array‐based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) of ∼1Mb resolution to 29 CDH patients with prior normal karyotypes who had been recruited into our multi‐site study. One patient, clinically diagnosed with Fryns syndrome, demonstrated a de novo 5Mb deletion at chromosome region 1q41–q42.12 that was confirmed by FISH. Given prior reports of CDH in association with cytogenetic abnormalities in this region, we propose that this represents a locus for Fryns syndrome, a Fryns syndrome phenocopy, or CDH. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.