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To date, only 35 cases of proximal 4p interstitial deletions have been reported, and only two of these cases have been familial. The critical region for this syndrome has been narrowed down to 4p15.33-15.2, but the underlying causative genes remain unclear. In this study, we report the case of a 3-year-old female with failure to thrive, developmental and motor delays, and morphological features. The mother also had a 4p15.2-p14 deletion, and the proband was found to have a 13.4-Mb 4p15.2-p14 deletion by chromosome microarray analysis. The deleted region encompasses 16 genes, five of which have a high likelihood of contributing to the phenotype: PPARGC1A, DHX15, RBPJ, STIM2, and PCDH7. These findings suggest that multiple genes are involved in this rare proximal 4p interstitial deletion syndrome. This case highlights the need for healthcare providers to be aware of proximal 4p interstitial deletions and the potential phenotypic manifestations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/genes14030635","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,3]],"date-time":"2023-03-03T02:56:50Z","timestamp":1677812210000},"page":"635","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Familial 4p Interstitial Deletion Provides New Insights and Candidate Genes Underlying This Rare Condition"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5637-8748","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jing","family":"Di","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 405362, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Leonard","family":"Yenwongfai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 405362, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hillary T.","family":"Rieger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Genetics & Metabolism, Kentucky Children\u2019s Hospital, Lexington, KY 405036, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shulin","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 405362, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sainan","family":"Wei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 405362, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"1235","article-title":"Molecular confirmation of Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome with a subtle translocation of chromosome 4","volume":"49","author":"Altherr","year":"1991","journal-title":"Am. 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