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ArticleBMC pediatrics2021

Novel CLCN4 variant associated with syndromic X-linked intellectual disability in a Chinese girl: a case report.

Xin Xu, Fen Lu, Li Zhang, Hongying Li, Senjie Du, Jian Tang

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Article in BMC pediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xin Xu *Department of Rehabilitation, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, No. 72 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu Province, China.
Fen Lu *Department of Rehabilitation, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, No. 72 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu Province, China.
Li ZhangDepartment of Rehabilitation, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, No. 72 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu Province, China. zhangli_0612@163.com.ORCID 0000-0001-5755-4037
Hongying LiDepartment of Rehabilitation, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, No. 72 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu Province, China.
Senjie DuDepartment of Rehabilitation, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, No. 72 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu Province, China.
Jian Tang
Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University · CNNanjing Children's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Raynaud-Claes type of X-linked syndromic mental retardation (MRXSRC) is a very rare condition, by intellectual disability ranged from borderline to profound, impaired language development, brain abnormalities, facial dysmorphisms and seizures. MRXSRC is caused by variants in CLCN4 which encodes the 2Cl CASE PRESENTATION: We present a 3-year-old Chinese girl with intellectual disability, dysmorphic features, brain abnormalities, significant language impairment and autistic features. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a thin corpus callosum, a mega cisterna magna and ventriculomegaly. Whole exome sequencing (WES) was performed to detect the molecular basis of the disease. It was confirmed that this girl carried a novel heterozygous missense variant (c.1343C > T, p.Ala448Val) of CLCN4 gene, inherited from her mother. This variant has not been registered in public databases and was predicted to be pathogenic by multiple in silico prediction tools.

conclusionOur investigation expands the phenotype spectrum for CLCN4 variants with syndromic X-linked intellectual disability, which help to improve the understanding of CLCN4-related intellectual disability and will help in genetic counselling for this family.

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Intellectual DisabilityX-Linked Intellectual DisabilityChild, PreschoolChinaChloride ChannelsExome SequencingFemaleGenes, X-LinkedHumansMutationPedigreePhenotypeChloride ChannelsCLCN4 protein, humanCase reportCLCN4 geneExome sequencingVariantsX-linked syndromic mental retardation

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PMID34479510
PMCPMC8414764
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