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We are thankful to all individuals and parents who participated in this study. In addition, we want to thank I. Scheltinga, I. Neefs, I. Janssen, W. van der Vliet, H. Mieloo, H. Venselaar, G. Schobers and W. Nillesen for expert technical assistance and C. van Ravenswaaij-Arts, M. Ruiter, J. de Bruin and K. Ultee for referral of individuals and clinical analysis. This work was supported by grants from the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZON-MW) (D.A.K., J.A.V., H.G.B. and B.B.A.d.V.), Hersenstichting Nederland (B.B.A.d.V.), The Health Foundation (S.J.L.K.) and The Swedish Research Council (J.S. and B.M.A.)

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  1. Department of Human Genetics, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, 6500 HB, The Netherlands
    David A Koolen, Lisenka E L M Vissers, Rolph Pfundt, Nicole de Leeuw, Nine V Knoers, Ad Geurts van Kessel, Erik A Sistermans, Joris A Veltman, Han G Brunner & Bert B A de Vries
  2. Oxford Genetics Knowledge Park, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK
    Samantha JL Knight & Regina Regan
  3. Department of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, B-2610, Belgium
    R Frank Kooy & Edwin Reyniers
  4. Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Troina, 94018, Italy
    Corrado Romano & Marco Fichera
  5. Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Zurich, Schwerzenbach, CH-8603, Switzerland
    Albert Schinzel & Alessandra Baumer
  6. Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, S-171 76, Sweden
    Britt-Marie Anderlid & Jacqueline Schoumans

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Koolen, D., Vissers, L., Pfundt, R. et al. A new chromosome 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome associated with a common inversion polymorphism.Nat Genet 38, 999–1001 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng1853

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