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Partial monosomy14q involving FOXG1 and NOVA1 in an infant with microcephaly, seizures and severe developmental delay
- Source :
- Molecular Cytogenetics
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.
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Abstract
- Background FOXG1 gene mutations have been associated with the congenital variant of Rett syndrome (RTT) since the initial description of two patients in 2008. The on-going accumulation of clinical data suggests that the FOXG1-variant of RTT forms a distinguishable phenotype, consisting mainly of postnatal microcephaly, seizures, hypotonia, developmental delay and corpus callosum agenesis. Case presentation We report a 6-month-old female infant, born at 38 weeks of gestation after in vitro fertilization, who presented with feeding difficulties, irritability and developmental delay from the first months of life. Microcephaly with bitemporal narrowing, dyspraxia, poor eye contact and strabismus were also noted. At 10 months, the proband exhibited focal seizures and required valproic acid treatment. Array-Comparative Genomic Hybridization revealed a 4.09 Mb deletion in 14q12 region, encompassing the FOXG1 and NOVA1 genes. The proband presented similar feature with patients with 14q12 deletions except for dysgenesis of corpus callosum. Disruption of the NOVA1 gene which promotes the motor neurons apoptosis has not yet been linked to any human phenotypes and it is uncertain if it affects our patient’s phenotype. Conclusions Since our patient is the first reported case with deletion of both genes (FOXG1-NOVA1), thorough clinical follow up would further delineate the Congenital Rett-Variant phenotypes.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Proband
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Microcephaly
NOVA1
Array-CGH
Case Report
Rett syndrome
Postnatal microcephaly
030105 genetics & heredity
Biology
Corpus callosum
Biochemistry
03 medical and health sciences
Dysgenesis
Seizures
Genetics
medicine
Genetics(clinical)
Molecular Biology
Genetics (clinical)
Biochemistry, medical
Corpus Callosum Agenesis
Biochemistry (medical)
FOXG1 syndrome
medicine.disease
Hypotonia
Molecular Medicine
medicine.symptom
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17558166
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Molecular Cytogenetics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6b78f6a9532f668be40aba169fc152bf