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TL;DR: Recurrent molecular lesions that elude syndromic classification and whose disease manifestations must be considered in a broader context of development as opposed to being assigned to a specific disease are identified.

TL;DR: It is indicated that CHD8 disruptions define a distinct ASD subtype and reveal unexpected comorbidities between brain development and enteric innervation.

TL;DR: The data support a two-hit model in which the 16p12.1 microdeletion both predisposes to neuropsychiatric phenotypes as a single event and exacerbates neurodevelopmental phenotypes in association with other large deletions or duplications.

TL;DR: An expanded CNV morbidity map was created from 29,085 children with developmental delay in comparison to 19,584 healthy controls, identifying 70 significant CNVs and an integrated analysis of CNV and single-nucleotide variant (SNV) data pinpointed 10 genes enriched for putative loss of function.

TL;DR: A recurrent microdeletion syndrome causing mental retardation, epilepsy and variable facial and digital dysmorphisms is reported, with a prevalence comparable to that of Williams, Angelman and Prader-Willi syndromes.