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ArticleAmerican journal of medical genetics. Part A2018

The expanding phenotype of RNU4ATAC pathogenic variants to Lowry Wood syndrome.

Laura S Farach, Mary E Little, Angela L Duker, Clare V Logan, Andrew Jackson, Jaqueline T Hecht, Michael Bober

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Article in American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Laura S FarachDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston at Houston, Texas.ORCID 0000-0001-9205-7490
Mary E LittleDivision of Medical Genetics, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware.
Angela L DukerDivision of Medical Genetics, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware.
Clare V LoganMRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Andrew JacksonMRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Jaqueline T HechtDepartment of Pediatrics, Pediatric Research Center, McGovern Medical School and School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas.
Michael BoberDivision of Medical Genetics, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware.
Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children · USInstitute of Genetics and Cancer · GBThe University of Texas Health Science Center · US

Funding

Toward better characterization and clinical trial readiness for targeting neuropsychiatric manifestations in PTEN pathogenic variantsU54NS092090 · NINDS · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI M. Pilar Trelles · 2014 to 2026
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Medical Research Council MC_PC_U127580972Medical Research Council MC_UU_00007/5NINDS NIH HHS U54 NS092090
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNU4ATAC pathogenic variants to date have been associated with microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism, type 1 and Roifman syndrome. Both conditions are clinically distinct skeletal dysplasias with microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism, type 1 having a more severe phenotype than Roifman syndrome. Some of the overlapping features of the two conditions include developmental delay, microcephaly, and immune deficiency. The features also overlap with Lowry Wood syndrome, another rare but well-defined skeletal dysplasia for which the genetic etiology has not been identified. Characteristic features include multiple epiphyseal dysplasia and microcephaly. Here, we describe three patients with Lowry Wood syndrome with biallelic RNU4ATAC pathogenic variants. This report expands the phenotypic spectrum for biallelic RNU4ATAC disorder causing variants and is the first to establish the genetic cause for Lowry Wood syndrome.

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AdolescentCardiomyopathiesChild, PreschoolDevelopmental DisabilitiesDwarfismFemaleFetal Growth RetardationGrowth DisordersHumansImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesIntellectual DisabilityMaleMicrocephalyMutationOsteochondrodysplasiasPhenotypeRNA, Small NuclearRNU4ATAC RNA, humanepiphyseal dysplasiaLowry Wood syndromemicrocephalyRNU4ATACskeletal dysplasia

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