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In this issue of the Journal, Mefford et al.¹ describe an association between a microdeletion at 1q21.1 and a diverse range of impairments: mental retardation associated with microcephaly, cardiac abnormalities, or cataracts. A microdeletion at 16p11.2, causing autism or mental retardation, was reported earlier this year in the Journal.² These discoveries were made possible by a technologic revolution in human cytogenetics: genomewide assessment of copy-number alterations (deletions and duplications) by means of high-density array technologies, hereafter referred to as cytogenetic arrays.^3,4,5

The resultant proliferation of new cytogenetic syndromes is reminiscent of an earlier era in human cytogenetics: "During these . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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This article (10.1056/NEJMe0806570) was published at www.nejm.org on September 10, 2008.

From the Department of Human Genetics, Emory University, Atlanta.

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