Research study documents Inclusion criteria for our study: a head circumference of less than 4 standard deviations below the mean (-4 SD) Please use the growth charts below to work out standard deviations. Our priority is particularly patients with microcephaly and short stature (height < -2 SD, ideally < -4 SD) but we screen all microcephaly patients that we receive for novel disease genes as we find them. Exclusion criteria includes: a known diagnosis cytogenetic abnormality on CGH a clear environmental factor (eg. birth hypoxia, congenital viral infections, etc.) Pdf patient recruitment pack (containing patient information, consent forms, sample sending instructions and growth charts) Document Primordial dwarfism pack (4.03 MB / PDF) Growth charts Document Growth charts (2.65 MB / PDF) UK GDPR information Document GDPR transparency statement (815.03 KB / PDF) Access to genotype data Document EGA data access application form (366.5 KB / DOC) Document Data access agreement (71 KB / DOC) Micro Syndrome consent forms (Leeds study) More information This article was published on 2024-09-23
