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Autism, seizures, schizophrenia and mild dysmorphic features are less commonly seen. The 15q11.2 BP1\u2013BP2 microdeletion involving four genes (i.e., TUBGCP5, CYFIP1, NIPA1, NIPA2) is emerging as a recognized syndrome with a prevalence ranging from  0.57%\u20131.27% of patients presenting for microarray analysis which is a two to four fold increase compared with controls. Review of clinical features from about 200 individuals were grouped into five categories and included developmental (73%) and speech (67%) delays; dysmorphic ears (46%) and palatal anomalies (46%); writing (60%) and reading (57%) difficulties, memory problems (60%) and verbal IQ scores \u226475 (50%); general behavioral problems, unspecified (55%) and abnormal brain imaging (43%). Other clinical features noted but not considered as common were seizures\/epilepsy (26%), autism spectrum disorder (27%), attention deficit disorder (ADD)\/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (35%), schizophrenia\/paranoid psychosis (20%) and motor delay (42%). Not all individuals with the deletion are clinically affected, yet the collection of findings appear to share biological pathways and presumed genetic mechanisms. Neuropsychiatric and behavior disturbances and mild dysmorphic features are associated with genomic imbalances of the 15q11.2 BP1\u2013BP2 region, including microdeletions, but with an apparent incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms16024068","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,2,13]],"date-time":"2015-02-13T10:40:07Z","timestamp":1423824007000},"page":"4068-4082","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":205,"title":["The 15q11.2 BP1\u2013BP2 Microdeletion Syndrome: A Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Devin","family":"Cox","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Kansas Medical Center,  3901 Rainbow Boulevard, MS 4015, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2911-0524","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Merlin","family":"Butler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Kansas Medical Center,  3901 Rainbow Boulevard, MS 4015, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,2,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"175","DOI":"10.1136\/jmg.2003.013813","article-title":"BAC microarray analysis of 15q\u2013q13 rearrangements and the impact of segmental duplications","volume":"41","author":"Locke","year":"2004","journal-title":"J. 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