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Short stature with pigmentation. [PDF]

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1977
Four hypomelic children of abnormally short stature had slight intellectual defect, melanotic skin, and some facial features in common. 3 were followed to the age of 23-26 years, and they remained small and pigmented.
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Case Report: Hypomyelinating Leukodystrophy Type 20 (HLD20) With Novel CNP Gene Variant

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This case report describes a child with hypomyelinating leukodystrophy type 20 (HLD20), a rare neurodegenerative disorder characterized by impaired myelin formation. The patient presented with multiple neurodevelopmental abnormalities, including delayed motor milestones, seizures, and abnormal facial features.
Malak Alghamdi, Ghaida Alghamdi, Khalid Hundallah, Dima Jamjoom, Naif Almontashiri, Essa Alharbi, Muhammad Umair, Majid Alfadhel   +7 more
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Leri-Weill dyschondrosteosis: An under-recognised cause of short stature

South African Journal of Radiology, 2009
Short stature is a frequent presenting problem in the pediatric population. Various causes including endocrinopathies, skeletal dysplasias, dysmorphic syndromes and malabsorption have been implicated.
E G Lemire, S Wiebe
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Genetics of Growth Disorders-Which Patients Require Genetic Testing? [PDF]

, 2019
The second 360° European Meeting on Growth Hormone Disorders, held in Barcelona, Spain, in June 2017, included a session entitled Pragmatism vs. Curiosity in Genetic Diagnosis of Growth Disorders, which examined current concepts of genetics and growth in
Argente, J, Lehwalder, D, Pfäffle, R, Tatton-Brown, K   +3 more
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Syndromes with short stature

Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2015
At present, factors that have been recognized as being able to influence growth are: nutritional, physical, chemical, psychological and genetic. The causes of short stature are numerous, with about 90% of cases classified as Idiopathic Short Stature and divided into 2 types familial short stature and constitutional short stature.
Francesca Mancini, Michela Martini, Natascia Liberati, Leonardo Pimpolari, Giovanni Parlapiano, Chiara Mancini, Fiorenza Colloridi, Luigi Tarani   +7 more
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Worth the Effort: Lessons for Discovery and Care From an Unusual Case of Gorlin Syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gorlin‐Goltz Syndrome (GGS) is a rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder encompassing a diverse range of clinical manifestations, including congenital anomalies and predisposition to cancer. Pathogenic variants in PTCH1 and SUFU account for up to 79% and 6% of cases, respectively. Currently, an estimated 15%–27% of individuals with a clinical
V. Taliercio, J. Zhao, S. E. Boyden, R. Mao, P. Bayrak‐Toydemir, A. Pflaum, J. Palumbos, A. Andrews, E. E. Baldwin, C. Welt, Mackenzie Fait, Undiagnosed Diseases Network, L. D. Botto, D. Viskochil   +13 more
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Familial idiopathic short stature and beyond: a case-report of a novel heterozygous NPR2 mutation.

Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Scienze Medico-Biologiche
Background: NPR2 gene encodes for B-type natriuretic peptide receptor (NPR-B), a positive regulator of the growth plate. Recently, heterozygous NPR2 mutations were reported in 2–6% cases of idiopathic short stature (ISS) and 13.6% of familial ISS ...
Ylenia Giorgianni, Cecilia Lugarà, Francesca Franchina, Mariella Valenzise, Giorgia Pepe, Tommaso Aversa   +5 more
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The Etiological Spectrum OF Short Stature among Children Attending Endocrine Clinic at Tertiary Care Hospital [PDF]

Liaquat National Journal of Primary Care
Background: One of the most frequent reasons for referral to pediatric endocrinology units is short stature. Children’s short height has a complicated etiology that includes genetics, race, gender, nutrition, and several endocrine hormones.
Hira Urooj Iqbal, Mohsina Ibrahim, Kulsoom Shabbir, Zara Shaukat   +3 more
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Ptosis as a unique hallmark for autosomal recessive WNT1-associated osteogenesis imperfecta [PDF]

, 2019
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a heritable connective tissue disorder, mainly characterized by bone fragility and low bone mass. Defects in the type I procollagen-encoding genes account for the majority of OI, but increasingly more rare autosomal ...
Elcioglu, Nursel, Guillemyn, Brecht, Jagadeesh, Sujatha, Malfait, Fransiska, Nampoothiri, Sheela, Suresh, Beena, Symoens, Sofie, Turan, Serap, Yesodharan, Dhanya   +8 more
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Truncating Variants in RREB1 Cause a Novel RASopathy Syndrome of Congenital Heart Disease, Genitourinary Malformations, and Developmental Delay

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The interstitial 6p microdeletion syndrome is characterized by dysmorphic facies and structural heart, kidney, brain, and musculoskeletal differences. RREB1 haploinsufficiency and consequent abnormal RAS‐MAPK pathway signaling have been proposed as a driver of the disease phenotype; however, apart from a single case report, the phenotype of ...
Alanna Strong, Caoimhe McKenna, Karen Stals, Antonio Vitobello, Mathilde Renaud, Claudine Rieubland, Michel Guipponi, Christophe Philippe, Paul Vrana, Alisa Gaskell, A. Micheil Innes, Alyssa L. Rippert, Rebecca Ahrens‐Nicklas, Elizabeth Bhoj, Kiersten Keller, Bimal P. Chaudhari, Brandon S. Stone   +16 more
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