ChromosOmics - Database
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                                                  CHROMOSOME #20 -                                                 
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In general 70% of sSMC carriers are clinically normal. The figures listed above
are based on the bias, that mainly clinically aberrant cases are studied and reported in literature!


UPD (uniparental disomy) cases: UPD(20)mat UPD(20)pat UPD(20)mat or pat

the probably non-dosage sensitive pericentric region of chromosome 20

schematic

cytogenetic

depiction





short (= p-) arm het long (= q-) arm

























































p12 p11.2 cen q11.2 q12 q13











































































































































































































































no clinical
signs



























































































clinical
signs






















































schematic

molecular-

cytogenetic

depiction




critical
region
p-arm
uncritical
region
p-arm
centromere uncritical
region
q-arm
critical
region
q-arm
NCBI 36/ hg18 unknown 14.90 25.70 - 28.40 29.93 30.12
GRCh 37/ hg19 unknown 14.80 25.60 - 29.40 30.52 31.35
  Positions given in megabasepair (Mbp)
acc. to cases marked as ***


clinical symptoms

body region signs and symptoms 20p-cen-near
[%]
20q-cen-near
[%]
fingers clinodactyly 0 17
growth growth retardation (prenatal and/or postnatal) 33 33
head - eyes blindness 0 17

nystagmus 0 17
head - face epicanthus 0 17

facial dysmorphism (no details given, or others than listed; i.e. unspecific ones) 33 50

hypotelorism 33 0
head - skull/ brain macrocephaly/ hydrocephalus 33 0

microcephaly 0 33

skull - other malformations 33 0
heart artrial septal defect (ASD) 33 0
mental developmental delay 33 33

mental retardation 0 33
muscles hypotonia 0 17
prenatal oligohydramnion 0 17





cases included 3 6