U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination

Intellectual disability, X-linked 102(MRXSSB)

MedGen UID:
1715418
Concept ID:
C5393299
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER, X-LINKED, SYNDROMIC, SNIJDERS BLOK TYPE; MRXSSB
 
Gene (location): DDX3X (Xp11.4)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0010497
OMIM®: 300958

Disease characteristics

Excerpted from the GeneReview: DDX3X-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder
DDX3X-related neurodevelopmental disorder (DDX3X-NDD) typically occurs in females and very rarely in males. All affected individuals reported to date have developmental delay / intellectual disability ranging from mild to severe; about 50% of affected girls remain nonverbal after age five years. Hypotonia, a common finding, can be associated with feeding difficulty in infancy. Behavioral issues can include autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and hyperactivity, self-injurious behavior, poor impulse control, and aggression. Other findings can include seizures, movement disorders (dyskinesia, spasticity, abnormal gait), vision and hearing impairment, congenital heart defects, respiratory difficulties, joint laxity, and scoliosis. Neuroblastoma has been observed in three individuals. [from GeneReviews]
Authors:
Bethany Johnson-Kerner  |  Lot Snijders Blok  |  Lindsey Suit, et. al.   view full author information

Additional description

From OMIM
Syndromic X-linked intellectual developmental disorder of the Snijders Blok type (MRXSSB), which occurs predominantly in females, is characterized by mildly to severely impaired intellectual development with variable other features including brain abnormalities, microcephaly, hypotonia, movement disorder and/or spasticity, ventricular enlargement, hypoplasia, and behavioral problems (Snijders Blok et al., 2015; Nicola et al., 2019).  http://www.omim.org/entry/300958

Clinical features

From HPO
Dysplastic pulmonary valve
MedGen UID:
576665
Concept ID:
C0344974
Congenital Abnormality
A congenital malformation of the pulmonary valve characterized by leaflet deformation.
Decreased body weight
MedGen UID:
1806755
Concept ID:
C5574742
Finding
Abnormally low body weight.
Hearing impairment
MedGen UID:
235586
Concept ID:
C1384666
Disease or Syndrome
A decreased magnitude of the sensory perception of sound.
Aggressive behavior
MedGen UID:
1375
Concept ID:
C0001807
Individual Behavior
Behavior or an act aimed at harming a person, animal, or physical property (e.g., acts of physical violence; shouting, swearing, and using harsh language; slashing someone's tires).
Dyskinesia
MedGen UID:
8514
Concept ID:
C0013384
Disease or Syndrome
A movement disorder which consists of effects including diminished voluntary movements and the presence of involuntary movements.
Spasticity
MedGen UID:
7753
Concept ID:
C0026838
Sign or Symptom
A motor disorder characterized by a velocity-dependent increase in tonic stretch reflexes with increased muscle tone, exaggerated (hyperexcitable) tendon reflexes.
Seizure
MedGen UID:
20693
Concept ID:
C0036572
Sign or Symptom
A seizure is an intermittent abnormality of nervous system physiology characterized by a transient occurrence of signs and/or symptoms due to abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain.
Atypical behavior
MedGen UID:
535345
Concept ID:
C0233514
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Atypical behavior is an abnormality in a person's actions, which can be controlled or modulated by the will of the individual. While abnormal behaviors can be difficult to control, they are distinct from other abnormal actions that cannot be affected by the individual's will.
Hypoplasia of the corpus callosum
MedGen UID:
138005
Concept ID:
C0344482
Congenital Abnormality
Underdevelopment of the corpus callosum.
Hyperactivity
MedGen UID:
98406
Concept ID:
C0424295
Finding
Hyperactivity is a condition characterized by constant and unusually high levels of activity, even in situations where it is deemed inappropriate.
Broad-based gait
MedGen UID:
167799
Concept ID:
C0856863
Finding
An abnormal gait pattern in which persons stand and walk with their feet spaced widely apart. This is often a component of cerebellar ataxia.
Ventriculomegaly
MedGen UID:
480553
Concept ID:
C3278923
Finding
An increase in size of the ventricular system of the brain.
Intellectual disability
MedGen UID:
811461
Concept ID:
C3714756
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Intellectual disability, previously referred to as mental retardation, is characterized by subnormal intellectual functioning that occurs during the developmental period. It is defined by an IQ score below 70.
Hypotonia
MedGen UID:
10133
Concept ID:
C0026827
Finding
Hypotonia is an abnormally low muscle tone (the amount of tension or resistance to movement in a muscle). Even when relaxed, muscles have a continuous and passive partial contraction which provides some resistance to passive stretching. Hypotonia thus manifests as diminished resistance to passive stretching. Hypotonia is not the same as muscle weakness, although the two conditions can co-exist.
Scoliosis
MedGen UID:
11348
Concept ID:
C0036439
Disease or Syndrome
The presence of an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.
Brachycephaly
MedGen UID:
113165
Concept ID:
C0221356
Congenital Abnormality
An abnormality of skull shape characterized by a decreased anterior-posterior diameter. That is, a cephalic index greater than 81%. Alternatively, an apparently shortened anteroposterior dimension (length) of the head compared to width.
Microcephaly
MedGen UID:
1644158
Concept ID:
C4551563
Finding
Head circumference below 2 standard deviations below the mean for age and gender.
Cleft upper lip
MedGen UID:
40327
Concept ID:
C0008924
Congenital Abnormality
A gap or groove in the upper lip. This is a congenital defect resulting from nonfusion of tissues of the lip during embryonal development.
Bulbous nose
MedGen UID:
66013
Concept ID:
C0240543
Finding
Increased volume and globular shape of the anteroinferior aspect of the nose.
Long face
MedGen UID:
324419
Concept ID:
C1836047
Finding
Facial height (length) is more than 2 standard deviations above the mean (objective); or, an apparent increase in the height (length) of the face (subjective).
Anteverted nares
MedGen UID:
326648
Concept ID:
C1840077
Finding
Anteriorly-facing nostrils viewed with the head in the Frankfurt horizontal and the eyes of the observer level with the eyes of the subject. This gives the appearance of an upturned nose (upturned nasal tip).
Wide nasal bridge
MedGen UID:
341441
Concept ID:
C1849367
Finding
Increased breadth of the nasal bridge (and with it, the nasal root).
Cleft palate
MedGen UID:
756015
Concept ID:
C2981150
Congenital Abnormality
Cleft palate is a developmental defect of the palate resulting from a failure of fusion of the palatine processes and manifesting as a separation of the roof of the mouth (soft and hard palate).
Bifid uvula
MedGen UID:
1646931
Concept ID:
C4551488
Congenital Abnormality
Uvula separated into two parts most easily seen at the tip.
Precocious puberty
MedGen UID:
18752
Concept ID:
C0034013
Disease or Syndrome
The onset of secondary sexual characteristics before a normal age. Although it is difficult to define normal age ranges because of the marked variation with which puberty begins in normal children, precocious puberty can be defined as the onset of puberty before the age of 8 years in girls or 9 years in boys.
Hypertelorism
MedGen UID:
9373
Concept ID:
C0020534
Finding
Although hypertelorism means an excessive distance between any paired organs (e.g., the nipples), the use of the word has come to be confined to ocular hypertelorism. Hypertelorism occurs as an isolated feature and is also a feature of many syndromes, e.g., Opitz G syndrome (see 300000), Greig cephalopolysyndactyly (175700), and Noonan syndrome (163950) (summary by Cohen et al., 1995).
Strabismus
MedGen UID:
21337
Concept ID:
C0038379
Disease or Syndrome
A misalignment of the eyes so that the visual axes deviate from bifoveal fixation. The classification of strabismus may be based on a number of features including the relative position of the eyes, whether the deviation is latent or manifest, intermittent or constant, concomitant or otherwise and according to the age of onset and the relevance of any associated refractive error.

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Sadhu C, Lyons C, Oh J, Jagadeeswaran I, Gray SJ, Sinnett SE
Genes (Basel) 2023 Dec 24;15(1) doi: 10.3390/genes15010031. PMID: 38254921Free PMC Article
Zhang J, Ban T, Zhou L, Ji H, Yan H, Shi Z, Cao B, Jiang Y, Wang J, Wu Y
J Neurol 2020 Sep;267(9):2612-2618. Epub 2020 May 9 doi: 10.1007/s00415-020-09889-y. PMID: 32388833
Turk BR, Theisen BE, Nemeth CL, Marx JS, Shi X, Rosen M, Jones RO, Moser AB, Watkins PA, Raymond GV, Tiffany C, Fatemi A
JAMA Neurol 2017 May 1;74(5):519-524. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2016.5715. PMID: 28288261Free PMC Article
Bassani S, Zapata J, Gerosa L, Moretto E, Murru L, Passafaro M
Neuroscientist 2013 Oct;19(5):541-52. Epub 2013 Jul 2 doi: 10.1177/1073858413493972. PMID: 23820068
Lubs HA, Stevenson RE, Schwartz CE
Am J Hum Genet 2012 Apr 6;90(4):579-90. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.02.018. PMID: 22482801Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Zhu Z, Genchev GZ, Wang Y, Ji W, Zhang X, Lu H, Sriswasdi S, Tian G
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2023 May 2;18(1):102. doi: 10.1186/s13023-023-02673-x. PMID: 37189159Free PMC Article
Zhang J, Ban T, Zhou L, Ji H, Yan H, Shi Z, Cao B, Jiang Y, Wang J, Wu Y
J Neurol 2020 Sep;267(9):2612-2618. Epub 2020 May 9 doi: 10.1007/s00415-020-09889-y. PMID: 32388833
Turk BR, Theisen BE, Nemeth CL, Marx JS, Shi X, Rosen M, Jones RO, Moser AB, Watkins PA, Raymond GV, Tiffany C, Fatemi A
JAMA Neurol 2017 May 1;74(5):519-524. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2016.5715. PMID: 28288261Free PMC Article
Lubs HA, Stevenson RE, Schwartz CE
Am J Hum Genet 2012 Apr 6;90(4):579-90. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.02.018. PMID: 22482801Free PMC Article
White R, Ho G, Schmidt S, Scheffer IE, Fischer A, Yendle SC, Bienvenu T, Nectoux J, Ellaway CJ, Darmanian A, Tong X, Cloosterman D, Bennetts B, Kalra V, Fullston T, Gecz J, Cox TC, Christodoulou J
Twin Res Hum Genet 2010 Apr;13(2):168-78. doi: 10.1375/twin.13.2.168. PMID: 20397747

Therapy

Curie A, Lion-François L, Valayannopoulos V, Perreton N, Gavanon M, Touil N, Brun-Laurisse A, Gheurbi F, Buchy M, Halep H, Cheillan D, Mercier C, Brassier A, Desnous B, Kassai B, De Lonlay P, Des Portes V
Neurology 2024 Apr 23;102(8):e209243. Epub 2024 Mar 26 doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000209243. PMID: 38531017
Sadhu C, Lyons C, Oh J, Jagadeeswaran I, Gray SJ, Sinnett SE
Genes (Basel) 2023 Dec 24;15(1) doi: 10.3390/genes15010031. PMID: 38254921Free PMC Article
Wémeau JL, Pigeyre M, Proust-Lemoine E, d'Herbomez M, Gottrand F, Jansen J, Visser TJ, Ladsous M
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2008 Jun;93(6):2084-8. Epub 2008 Mar 11 doi: 10.1210/jc.2007-2719. PMID: 18334584

Prognosis

Zhu Z, Genchev GZ, Wang Y, Ji W, Zhang X, Lu H, Sriswasdi S, Tian G
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2023 May 2;18(1):102. doi: 10.1186/s13023-023-02673-x. PMID: 37189159Free PMC Article
Gerber CB, Fliedner A, Bartsch O, Berland S, Dewenter M, Haug M, Hayes I, Marin-Reina P, Mark PR, Martinez-Castellano F, Maystadt I, Karadurmus D, Steindl K, Wiesener A, Zweier M, Sticht H, Zweier C
Clin Genet 2022 Sep;102(3):182-190. Epub 2022 Jun 14 doi: 10.1111/cge.14173. PMID: 35662002Free PMC Article
Turk BR, Theisen BE, Nemeth CL, Marx JS, Shi X, Rosen M, Jones RO, Moser AB, Watkins PA, Raymond GV, Tiffany C, Fatemi A
JAMA Neurol 2017 May 1;74(5):519-524. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2016.5715. PMID: 28288261Free PMC Article
Kampmann C, Beck M, Morin I, Loehr JP
J Pediatr 2011 Aug;159(2):327-31.e2. Epub 2011 May 6 doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.01.054. PMID: 21529823
Puig JG, Torres RJ, Mateos FA, Ramos TH, Arcas JM, Buño AS, O'Neill P
Medicine (Baltimore) 2001 Mar;80(2):102-12. doi: 10.1097/00005792-200103000-00003. PMID: 11307586

Clinical prediction guides

Zhu Z, Genchev GZ, Wang Y, Ji W, Zhang X, Lu H, Sriswasdi S, Tian G
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2023 May 2;18(1):102. doi: 10.1186/s13023-023-02673-x. PMID: 37189159Free PMC Article
Gerber CB, Fliedner A, Bartsch O, Berland S, Dewenter M, Haug M, Hayes I, Marin-Reina P, Mark PR, Martinez-Castellano F, Maystadt I, Karadurmus D, Steindl K, Wiesener A, Zweier M, Sticht H, Zweier C
Clin Genet 2022 Sep;102(3):182-190. Epub 2022 Jun 14 doi: 10.1111/cge.14173. PMID: 35662002Free PMC Article
Zhang J, Ban T, Zhou L, Ji H, Yan H, Shi Z, Cao B, Jiang Y, Wang J, Wu Y
J Neurol 2020 Sep;267(9):2612-2618. Epub 2020 May 9 doi: 10.1007/s00415-020-09889-y. PMID: 32388833
Turk BR, Theisen BE, Nemeth CL, Marx JS, Shi X, Rosen M, Jones RO, Moser AB, Watkins PA, Raymond GV, Tiffany C, Fatemi A
JAMA Neurol 2017 May 1;74(5):519-524. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2016.5715. PMID: 28288261Free PMC Article
Kampmann C, Beck M, Morin I, Loehr JP
J Pediatr 2011 Aug;159(2):327-31.e2. Epub 2011 May 6 doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.01.054. PMID: 21529823

Supplemental Content

Recent activity

Your browsing activity is empty.

Activity recording is turned off.

Turn recording back on

See more...