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Neurology · Neurology / Neurogenetics; Child psychiatry

Phelan–McDermid syndrome

also: 22q13 deletion syndrome

Neurodevelopmental disorder with SHANK3 haploinsufficiency.

Specialty
Neurology
Subspecialty
Neurology / Neurogenetics; Child psychiatry
Sex & age distribution
Male: affected; Female: affected equally; Children: yes, from infancy
Gene(s) involved
SHANK3
Alternative names & eponyms
22q13 deletion syndrome

Etiology & mechanism

SHANK3 loss.

Gene(s) involved (1)

Symptoms & signs (4)

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