Elisa Giorgio, Alessandro Brussino, Elisa Biamino, Elga Fabia Belligni, Alessandro Bruselles, Andrea Ciolfi, Viviana Caputo, Simone Pizzi, Alessandro Calcia, Eleonora Di Gregorio, Simona Cavalieri, Cecilia Mancini, Elisa Pozzi, Marta Ferrero, Evelise Riberi, Iolanda Borelli, Antonio Amoroso, Giovanni Battista Ferrero, Marco Tartaglia, Alfredo Brusco
BACKGROUND: More than 100 X-linked intellectual disability (X-LID) genes have been identified to be involved in 10-15% of intellectual disability (ID). METHOD: To identify novel possible candidates, we selected 18 families with a male proband affected by isolated or syndromic ID. Pedigree and/or clinical presentation suggested an X-LID disorder. After exclusion of known genetic diseases, we identified seven cases whose mother showed a skewed X-inactivation (>80%) that underwent whole exome sequencing (WES, 50X average depth)...
May 2017: European Journal of Paediatric Neurology: EJPN