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Linkage to chromosome 2q36.1 in autosomal dominant Dandy-Walker malformation with occipital cephalocele and evidence for genetic heterogeneity

  • A Jalali
  • , KA Aldinger
  • , A Chary
  • , DG Mclone
  • , RM Bowman
  • , LC Le
  • , PE Jardine
  • , RA Newbury-Ecob
  • , AA Mallick
  • , N Jafari
  • , EJ Russell
  • , J Curran
  • , P Nguyen
  • , K Ouahchi
  • , C Lee
  • , WB Dobyns
  • , KJ Millen
  • , JM Pina-Neto
  • , JA Kessler
  • , AG Bassuk

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Abstract

We previously reported a Vietnamese-American family with isolated autosomal dominant occipital cephalocele. Upon further neuroimaging studies, we have recharacterized this condition as autosomal dominant Dandy-Walker with occipital cephalocele (ADDWOC). A similar ADDWOC family from Brazil was also recently described. To determine the genetic etiology of ADDWOC, we performed genome-wide linkage analysis on members of the Vietnamese-American and Brazilian pedigrees. Linkage analysis of the Vietnamese-American family identified the ADDWOC causative locus on chromosome 2q36.1 with a multipoint parametric LOD score of 3.3, while haplotype analysis refined the locus to 1.1 Mb. Sequencing of the five known genes in this locus did not identify any protein-altering mutations. However, a terminal deletion of chromosome 2 in a patient with an isolated case of Dandy-Walker malformation also encompassed the 2q36.1 chromosomal region. The Brazilian pedigree did not show linkage to this 2q36.1 region. Taken together, these results demonstrate a locus for ADDWOC on 2q36.1 and also suggest locus heterogeneity for ADDWOC.
Translated title of the contributionLinkage to chromosome 2q36.1 in autosomal dominant Dandy-Walker malformation with occipital cephalocele and evidence for genetic heterogeneity
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)237 - 245
Number of pages9
JournalHuman Genetics
Volume123(3)
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2008

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