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GENATLAS PHENOTYPE
last update : 26-04-2012
Symbol DEL17Q24
Location 17q24.2
Name chromosome 17q24.2 microdeletion syndrome
Corresponding gene PRKCA
Main clinical features intellectual disability (4/4), speech delay (4/4), truncal obesity (4/4), seizures (2/4), hearing loss (3/4) and a particular facial gestalt. Hallucinations and mood swings were also noted in two patients PMID: 22166941
Genetic determination chromosomal
Prevalence 4 patients described
Function/system disorder
Type MCA/MR
Mechanism(s)
Gene mutationChromosome rearrangementEffectComments
  deletion   with a smallest region of overlap of 713 kb containing five Refseq genes and one miRNA
Remark(s)