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Nature Genetics 36, 1053–1055 (1 October 2004) | doi:10.1038/ng1420

Heterozygous deletion of the linked genes ZIC1 and ZIC4 is involved in Dandy-Walker malformation

Inessa Grinberg , Hope Northrup , Holly Ardinger , Chitra Prasad , William B Dobyns & Kathleen J Millen

Dandy-Walker malformation (DWM; OMIM |[num]|220200) is a common but poorly understood congenital cerebellar malformation in humans. Through physical mapping of 3q2 interstitial deletions in several individuals with DWM, we defined the first critical region associated with DWM, encompassing two adjacent Zinc finger in cerebellum genes, ZIC1 and ZIC4.