https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Phenotypic expansion and further characterisation of the 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:8287 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:40:29 AEDT ]]> Recurrence risk of epilepsy and mental retardation in females due to parental mosaicism of PCDH19 mutations https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:17733 C, L25P, while sequence analysis indicates both of their parents are negative for the mutation. Diagnostic restriction enzyme analysis detected low-level mosaicism of the mutation in their mother. Sister pair 2 are half-sisters who share a mother and each has the missense PCDH19 mutation c.1019 A>G, N340S. The sequence chromatograph of their mother shows reduced signal for the same mutation. These data indicate maternal somatic and gonadal mosaicism of the PCDH19 mutation in both sister pairs. Phenotyping is suggestive of, and PCDH19 mutation detection is diagnostic for, the disorder EFMR in the affected girls. Conclusions: We show that gonadal mosaicism of a PCDH19 mutation in a parent is an important molecular mechanism associated with the inheritance of EFMR. This should be considered when providing genetic counseling for couples who have one affected daughter as they may risk recurrence of affected daughters and having sons at risk of transmitting EFMR.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:57:38 AEDT ]]>