Tetrasomy 15q11-q13 Diagnosed by FISH in a Patient with Autistic Disorder

نویسندگان

  • Karim Ouldim
  • Abdelhafid Natiq
  • Philippe Jonveaux
  • Abdelaziz Sefiani
چکیده

We report the case of a Moroccan boy with mental retardation, hyperactivity, epilepsy, developmental problems and behavioural disorders. Cytogenetic analysis showed the presence of a supernumerary marker chromosome. Molecular cytogenetics allowed us to determine the marker as an inverted duplication of chromosome 15. It is the first case of a Moroccan patient with tetrasomy 15q in which fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) enabled us to specify the diagnosis. Interestingly, this patient has an infantile autism with cytogenetic abnormalities on chromosomal region 15q11-q13 as reported in patients with Autistic Disorder.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

دوره 2007  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007