The core FOXG1 syndrome phenotype consists of postnatal microcephaly, severe mental retardation, absent language, dyskinesia, and corpus callosum hypogenesis.

  • Fanny Kortüm
  • Soma Das
  • Max Flindt
  • Deborah J Morris-Rosendahl
  • Irina Stefanova
  • Amy Goldstein
  • Denise Horn
  • Eva Klopocki
  • Gerhard Kluger
  • Peter Martin
  • Anita Rauch
  • Agathe Roumer
  • Sulagna Saitta
  • Laurence E Walsh
  • Dagmar Wieczorek
  • Gökhan Uyanik
  • Kerstin Kutsche
  • William B Dobyns

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Abstract

Submicroscopic deletions in 14q12 spanning FOXG1 or intragenic mutations have been reported in patients with a developmental disorder described as a congenital variant of Rett syndrome. This study aimed to further characterise and delineate the phenotype of FOXG1 mutation positive patients.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number6
ISSN0022-2593
Publication statusPublished - 2011
pubmed 21441262