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Five genes (<jats:italic>MCPH1<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>CDK5RAP2<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>ASPM<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>CENPJ<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>STIL<\/jats:italic>) and two genomic loci, MCPH2 and MCPH4, have been identified so far.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods and results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>In this study, we investigated all seven MCPH loci in patients with primary microcephaly from 112 Consanguineous Iranian families. In addition to a thorough clinical characterisation, karyotype analyses were performed for all patients. For Homozygosity mapping, microsatellite markers were selected for each locus and used for genotyping. Our investigation enabled us to detect homozygosity at MCPH1 (<jats:italic>Microcephalin<\/jats:italic>) in eight families, at MCPH5 (<jats:italic>ASPM<\/jats:italic>) in thirtheen families. Three families showed homozygosity at MCPH2 and five at MCPH6 (<jats:italic>CENPJ<\/jats:italic>), and two families were linked to MCPH7 (<jats:italic>STIL<\/jats:italic>). The remaining 81 families were not linked to any of the seven known loci. Subsequent sequencing revealed eight, 10 and one novel mutations in <jats:italic>Microcephalin<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>ASPM<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>CENPJ<\/jats:italic>, respectively. 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