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Syndrome with microcephaly as major feature

MedGen UID:
1843292
•Concept ID:
C5680774
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Syndrome with microcephaly as a major feature
 
Orphanet: ORPHA269528

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CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • Syndrome with microcephaly as major feature

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PubMed

Correlation between Phenotype and Genotype in CTNNB1 Syndrome: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
Miroševič Š, Khandelwal S, Sušjan P, Žakelj N, Gosar D, Forstnerič V, Lainšček D, Jerala R, Osredkar D
Int J Mol Sci 2022 Oct 19;23(20) doi: 10.3390/ijms232012564. PMID: 36293418Free PMC Article
KAT6A Syndrome: genotype-phenotype correlation in 76 patients with pathogenic KAT6A variants.
Kennedy J, Goudie D, Blair E, Chandler K, Joss S, McKay V, Green A, Armstrong R, Lees M, Kamien B, Hopper B, Tan TY, Yap P, Stark Z, Okamoto N, Miyake N, Matsumoto N, Macnamara E, Murphy JL, McCormick E, Hakonarson H, Falk MJ, Li D, Blackburn P, Klee E, Babovic-Vuksanovic D, Schelley S, Hudgins L, Kant S, Isidor B, Cogne B, Bradbury K, Williams M, Patel C, Heussler H, Duff-Farrier C, Lakeman P, Scurr I, Kini U, Elting M, Reijnders M, Schuurs-Hoeijmakers J, Wafik M, Blomhoff A, Ruivenkamp CAL, Nibbeling E, Dingemans AJM, Douine ED, Nelson SF; DDD Study,, Hempel M, Bierhals T, Lessel D, Johannsen J, Arboleda VA, Newbury-Ecob R
Genet Med 2019 Apr;21(4):850-860. Epub 2018 Sep 24 doi: 10.1038/s41436-018-0259-2. PMID: 30245513Free PMC Article
SPTAN1 encephalopathy: distinct phenotypes and genotypes.
Tohyama J, Nakashima M, Nabatame S, Gaik-Siew C, Miyata R, Rener-Primec Z, Kato M, Matsumoto N, Saitsu H
J Hum Genet 2015 Apr;60(4):167-73. Epub 2015 Jan 29 doi: 10.1038/jhg.2015.5. PMID: 25631096

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Dermatological findings in Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome.
Cammarata-Scalisi F, Diociaiuti A, Cárdenas Tadich A, Sandoval X, Oranges T, Filippeschi C, Araya Castillo M, Willoughby CE, Cerri A, Gervasini C, Callea M
Ital J Dermatol Venerol 2023 Aug;158(4):316-320. Epub 2023 Jun 7 doi: 10.23736/S2784-8671.23.07547-3. PMID: 37282850
Defining the clinical, molecular and imaging spectrum of adaptor protein complex 4-associated hereditary spastic paraplegia.
Ebrahimi-Fakhari D, Teinert J, Behne R, Wimmer M, D'Amore A, Eberhardt K, Brechmann B, Ziegler M, Jensen DM, Nagabhyrava P, Geisel G, Carmody E, Shamshad U, Dies KA, Yuskaitis CJ, Salussolia CL, Ebrahimi-Fakhari D, Pearson TS, Saffari A, Ziegler A, Kölker S, Volkmann J, Wiesener A, Bearden DR, Lakhani S, Segal D, Udwadia-Hegde A, Martinuzzi A, Hirst J, Perlman S, Takiyama Y, Xiromerisiou G, Vill K, Walker WO, Shukla A, Dubey Gupta R, Dahl N, Aksoy A, Verhelst H, Delgado MR, Kremlikova Pourova R, Sadek AA, Elkhateeb NM, Blumkin L, Brea-Fernández AJ, Dacruz-Álvarez D, Smol T, Ghoumid J, Miguel D, Heine C, Schlump JU, Langen H, Baets J, Bulk S, Darvish H, Bakhtiari S, Kruer MC, Lim-Melia E, Aydinli N, Alanay Y, El-Rashidy O, Nampoothiri S, Patel C, Beetz C, Bauer P, Yoon G, Guillot M, Miller SP, Bourinaris T, Houlden H, Robelin L, Anheim M, Alamri AS, Mahmoud AAH, Inaloo S, Habibzadeh P, Faghihi MA, Jansen AC, Brock S, Roubertie A, Darras BT, Agrawal PB, Santorelli FM, Gleeson J, Zaki MS, Sheikh SI, Bennett JT, Sahin M
Brain 2020 Oct 1;143(10):2929-2944. doi: 10.1093/brain/awz307. PMID: 32979048Free PMC Article
KAT6A Syndrome: genotype-phenotype correlation in 76 patients with pathogenic KAT6A variants.
Kennedy J, Goudie D, Blair E, Chandler K, Joss S, McKay V, Green A, Armstrong R, Lees M, Kamien B, Hopper B, Tan TY, Yap P, Stark Z, Okamoto N, Miyake N, Matsumoto N, Macnamara E, Murphy JL, McCormick E, Hakonarson H, Falk MJ, Li D, Blackburn P, Klee E, Babovic-Vuksanovic D, Schelley S, Hudgins L, Kant S, Isidor B, Cogne B, Bradbury K, Williams M, Patel C, Heussler H, Duff-Farrier C, Lakeman P, Scurr I, Kini U, Elting M, Reijnders M, Schuurs-Hoeijmakers J, Wafik M, Blomhoff A, Ruivenkamp CAL, Nibbeling E, Dingemans AJM, Douine ED, Nelson SF; DDD Study,, Hempel M, Bierhals T, Lessel D, Johannsen J, Arboleda VA, Newbury-Ecob R
Genet Med 2019 Apr;21(4):850-860. Epub 2018 Sep 24 doi: 10.1038/s41436-018-0259-2. PMID: 30245513Free PMC Article
Ligase IV syndrome.
Chistiakov DA
Adv Exp Med Biol 2010;685:175-85. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6448-9_16. PMID: 20687505
Subtelomeric deletions of chromosome 9q: a novel microdeletion syndrome.
Stewart DR, Huang A, Faravelli F, Anderlid BM, Medne L, Ciprero K, Kaur M, Rossi E, Tenconi R, Nordenskjöld M, Gripp KW, Nicholson L, Meschino WS, Capua E, Quarrell OW, Flint J, Irons M, Giampietro PF, Schowalter DB, Zaleski CA, Malacarne M, Zackai EH, Spinner NB, Krantz ID
Am J Med Genet A 2004 Aug 1;128A(4):340-51. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30136. PMID: 15264279

Diagnosis

Dermatological findings in Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome.
Cammarata-Scalisi F, Diociaiuti A, Cárdenas Tadich A, Sandoval X, Oranges T, Filippeschi C, Araya Castillo M, Willoughby CE, Cerri A, Gervasini C, Callea M
Ital J Dermatol Venerol 2023 Aug;158(4):316-320. Epub 2023 Jun 7 doi: 10.23736/S2784-8671.23.07547-3. PMID: 37282850
Defining the clinical, molecular and imaging spectrum of adaptor protein complex 4-associated hereditary spastic paraplegia.
Ebrahimi-Fakhari D, Teinert J, Behne R, Wimmer M, D'Amore A, Eberhardt K, Brechmann B, Ziegler M, Jensen DM, Nagabhyrava P, Geisel G, Carmody E, Shamshad U, Dies KA, Yuskaitis CJ, Salussolia CL, Ebrahimi-Fakhari D, Pearson TS, Saffari A, Ziegler A, Kölker S, Volkmann J, Wiesener A, Bearden DR, Lakhani S, Segal D, Udwadia-Hegde A, Martinuzzi A, Hirst J, Perlman S, Takiyama Y, Xiromerisiou G, Vill K, Walker WO, Shukla A, Dubey Gupta R, Dahl N, Aksoy A, Verhelst H, Delgado MR, Kremlikova Pourova R, Sadek AA, Elkhateeb NM, Blumkin L, Brea-Fernández AJ, Dacruz-Álvarez D, Smol T, Ghoumid J, Miguel D, Heine C, Schlump JU, Langen H, Baets J, Bulk S, Darvish H, Bakhtiari S, Kruer MC, Lim-Melia E, Aydinli N, Alanay Y, El-Rashidy O, Nampoothiri S, Patel C, Beetz C, Bauer P, Yoon G, Guillot M, Miller SP, Bourinaris T, Houlden H, Robelin L, Anheim M, Alamri AS, Mahmoud AAH, Inaloo S, Habibzadeh P, Faghihi MA, Jansen AC, Brock S, Roubertie A, Darras BT, Agrawal PB, Santorelli FM, Gleeson J, Zaki MS, Sheikh SI, Bennett JT, Sahin M
Brain 2020 Oct 1;143(10):2929-2944. doi: 10.1093/brain/awz307. PMID: 32979048Free PMC Article
KAT6A Syndrome: genotype-phenotype correlation in 76 patients with pathogenic KAT6A variants.
Kennedy J, Goudie D, Blair E, Chandler K, Joss S, McKay V, Green A, Armstrong R, Lees M, Kamien B, Hopper B, Tan TY, Yap P, Stark Z, Okamoto N, Miyake N, Matsumoto N, Macnamara E, Murphy JL, McCormick E, Hakonarson H, Falk MJ, Li D, Blackburn P, Klee E, Babovic-Vuksanovic D, Schelley S, Hudgins L, Kant S, Isidor B, Cogne B, Bradbury K, Williams M, Patel C, Heussler H, Duff-Farrier C, Lakeman P, Scurr I, Kini U, Elting M, Reijnders M, Schuurs-Hoeijmakers J, Wafik M, Blomhoff A, Ruivenkamp CAL, Nibbeling E, Dingemans AJM, Douine ED, Nelson SF; DDD Study,, Hempel M, Bierhals T, Lessel D, Johannsen J, Arboleda VA, Newbury-Ecob R
Genet Med 2019 Apr;21(4):850-860. Epub 2018 Sep 24 doi: 10.1038/s41436-018-0259-2. PMID: 30245513Free PMC Article
Amino acid synthesis deficiencies.
de Koning TJ
J Inherit Metab Dis 2017 Jul;40(4):609-620. Epub 2017 Jun 26 doi: 10.1007/s10545-017-0063-1. PMID: 28653176Free PMC Article
19q13 microdeletion syndrome: Further refining the critical region.
Forzano F, Napoli F, Uliana V, Malacarne M, Viaggi C, Bloise R, Coviello D, Di Maria E, Olivieri I, Di Iorgi N, Faravelli F
Eur J Med Genet 2012 Jun;55(6-7):429-32. Epub 2012 Apr 10 doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2012.03.002. PMID: 22510526

Therapy

Endocrinological features of a patient with 14q microdeletion and Dubowitz phenotype.
Amodeo ME, Inzaghi E, Deodati A, Cianfarani S
Mol Genet Genomic Med 2021 May;9(5):e1644. Epub 2021 Mar 31 doi: 10.1002/mgg3.1644. PMID: 33788412Free PMC Article
The first familial NSD2 cases with a novel variant in a Chinese father and daughter with atypical WHS facial features and a 7.5-year follow-up of growth hormone therapy.
Hu X, Wu D, Li Y, Wei L, Li X, Qin M, Li H, Li M, Chen S, Gong C, Shen Y
BMC Med Genomics 2020 Dec 4;13(1):181. doi: 10.1186/s12920-020-00831-9. PMID: 33276791Free PMC Article
Renal thrombotic microangiopathy in patients with cblC defect: review of an under-recognized entity.
Beck BB, van Spronsen F, Diepstra A, Berger RM, Kömhoff M
Pediatr Nephrol 2017 May;32(5):733-741. Epub 2016 Jun 11 doi: 10.1007/s00467-016-3399-0. PMID: 27289364Free PMC Article
A case of Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome, defect of cholesterol biosynthesis.
Domizio S, Pallotta R, Romanelli A, Puglielli C, Pollice R, Casacchia M, Conte E, Domizio R, Sabatino G
Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2006 Apr-Jun;19(2):439-42. doi: 10.1177/039463200601900220. PMID: 16831310
Wolf-Hirschhorn (4p-)syndrome in a near adult with major depression; successful treatment with citalopram.
Verhoeven WM, Moog U, Wagemans AM, Tuinier S
Genet Couns 2002;13(3):297-301. PMID: 12416637

Prognosis

Heterozygous rare variants in NR2F2 cause a recognizable multiple congenital anomaly syndrome with developmental delays.
Ganapathi M, Matsuoka LS, March M, Li D, Brokamp E, Benito-Sanz S, White SM, Lachlan K, Ahimaz P, Sewda A, Bastarache L, Thomas-Wilson A, Stoler JM, Bramswig NC, Baptista J, Stals K, Demurger F, Cogne B, Isidor B, Bedeschi MF, Peron A, Amiel J, Zackai E, Schacht JP, Iglesias AD, Morton J, Schmetz A; Undiagnosed Diseases Network, Seidel V, Lucia S, Baskin SM, Thiffault I, Cogan JD, Gordon CT, Chung WK, Bowdin S, Bhoj E
Eur J Hum Genet 2023 Oct;31(10):1117-1124. Epub 2023 Jul 27 doi: 10.1038/s41431-023-01434-5. PMID: 37500725Free PMC Article
Dissecting the 22q13 region to explore the genetic and phenotypic diversity of patients with Phelan-McDermid syndrome.
Vitrac A, Leblond CS, Rolland T, Cliquet F, Mathieu A, Maruani A, Delorme R, Schön M, Grabrucker AM, van Ravenswaaij-Arts C, Phelan K, Tabet AC, Bourgeron T
Eur J Med Genet 2023 May;66(5):104732. Epub 2023 Feb 21 doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2023.104732. PMID: 36822569
Craniofacial microsomia: Reflections on diagnosis and severity assessment based on a series of cases.
Bergamini LL, Spineli-Silva S, Félix TM, Gil-da-Silva-Lopes VL, Vieira TP, Ribeiro EM, Xavier AC, Lustosa-Mendes E, Fontes MÍB, Monlleó IL
Congenit Anom (Kyoto) 2021 Sep;61(5):148-158. Epub 2021 May 10 doi: 10.1111/cga.12422. PMID: 33900643
Mutations in PRDM15 Are a Novel Cause of Galloway-Mowat Syndrome.
Mann N, Mzoughi S, Schneider R, Kühl SJ, Schanze D, Klämbt V, Lovric S, Mao Y, Shi S, Tan W, Kühl M, Onuchic-Whitford AC, Treimer E, Kitzler TM, Kause F, Schumann S, Nakayama M, Buerger F, Shril S, van der Ven AT, Majmundar AJ, Holton KM, Kolb A, Braun DA, Rao J, Jobst-Schwan T, Mildenberger E, Lennert T, Kuechler A, Wieczorek D, Gross O, Ermisch-Omran B, Werberger A, Skalej M, Janecke AR, Soliman NA, Mane SM, Lifton RP, Kadlec J, Guccione E, Schmeisser MJ, Zenker M, Hildebrandt F
J Am Soc Nephrol 2021 Mar;32(3):580-596. Epub 2021 Feb 16 doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020040490. PMID: 33593823Free PMC Article
Small 4p16.3 deletions: Three additional patients and review of the literature.
Bernardini L, Radio FC, Acquaviva F, Gorgone C, Postorivo D, Torres B, Alesi V, Magliozzi M, Lonardo F, Monica MD, Nardone AM, Cesario C, Mattina T, Scarano G, Dallapiccola B, Digilio MC, Novelli A
Am J Med Genet A 2018 Nov;176(11):2501-2508. Epub 2018 Sep 23 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.40512. PMID: 30244530

Clinical prediction guides

Expanding the Clinical and Molecular Spectrum of FOXG1- and ZBTB18-Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
Brea-Fernández AJ, Souto-Trinei FA, Iglesias E, Caamaño P, Rodríguez Sánchez B, Gómez Lado C, Eiris J, Fernández-Prieto M, Barros F, Brea RJ, Carracedo Á
Cytogenet Genome Res 2023;163(5-6):301-306. Epub 2023 Dec 6 doi: 10.1159/000535660. PMID: 38056433
Clinical heterogeneity of Kabuki syndrome in a cohort of Italian patients and review of the literature.
Di Candia F, Fontana P, Paglia P, Falco M, Rosano C, Piscopo C, Cappuccio G, Siano MA, De Brasi D, Mandato C, De Maggio I, Squeo GM, Monica MD, Scarano G, Lonardo F, Strisciuglio P, Merla G, Melis D
Eur J Pediatr 2022 Jan;181(1):171-187. Epub 2021 Jul 7 doi: 10.1007/s00431-021-04108-w. PMID: 34232366Free PMC Article
Characterization of SETD1A haploinsufficiency in humans and Drosophila defines a novel neurodevelopmental syndrome.
Kummeling J, Stremmelaar DE, Raun N, Reijnders MRF, Willemsen MH, Ruiterkamp-Versteeg M, Schepens M, Man CCO, Gilissen C, Cho MT, McWalter K, Sinnema M, Wheless JW, Simon MEH, Genetti CA, Casey AM, Terhal PA, van der Smagt JJ, van Gassen KLI, Joset P, Bahr A, Steindl K, Rauch A, Keller E, Raas-Rothschild A, Koolen DA, Agrawal PB, Hoffman TL, Powell-Hamilton NN, Thiffault I, Engleman K, Zhou D, Bodamer O, Hoefele J, Riedhammer KM, Schwaibold EMC, Tasic V, Schubert D, Top D, Pfundt R, Higgs MR, Kramer JM, Kleefstra T
Mol Psychiatry 2021 Jun;26(6):2013-2024. Epub 2020 Apr 28 doi: 10.1038/s41380-020-0725-5. PMID: 32346159
Amino acid synthesis deficiencies.
de Koning TJ
J Inherit Metab Dis 2017 Jul;40(4):609-620. Epub 2017 Jun 26 doi: 10.1007/s10545-017-0063-1. PMID: 28653176Free PMC Article
Filippi syndrome: a new case with skeletal abnormalities.
Héron D, Billette de Villemeur T, Munnich A, Lyonnet S
J Med Genet 1995 Aug;32(8):659-61. doi: 10.1136/jmg.32.8.659. PMID: 7473664Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Correlation between Phenotype and Genotype in CTNNB1 Syndrome: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
Miroševič Š, Khandelwal S, Sušjan P, Žakelj N, Gosar D, Forstnerič V, Lainšček D, Jerala R, Osredkar D
Int J Mol Sci 2022 Oct 19;23(20) doi: 10.3390/ijms232012564. PMID: 36293418Free PMC Article

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