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X-linked intellectual disability type Nascimento is a clinically distinct, probably underdiagnosed entity.

Abstract
X-linked intellectual disability type Nascimento (MIM #300860), caused by mutations in UBE2A (MIM *312180), is characterized by craniofacial dysmorphism (synophrys, prominent supraorbital ridges, deep-set, almond-shaped eyes, depressed nasal bridge, prominent columella, hypoplastic alae nasi, and macrostomia), skin anomalies (hirsutism, myxedematous appearance, onychodystrophy), micropenis, moderate to severe intellectual disability (ID), motor delay, impaired/absent speech, and seizures. Hitherto only five familial point mutations and four different deletions including UBE2A have been reported in the literature.We present eight additional individuals from five families with UBE2A associated ID - three males from a consanguineous family, in whom we identified a small deletion of only 7.1 kb encompassing the first three exons of UBE2A, two related males with a UBE2A missense mutation in exon 4, a patient with a de novo nonsense mutation in exon 6, and two sporadic males with larger deletions including UBE2A. All affected male individuals share the typical clinical phenotype, all carrier females are unaffected and presented with a completely skewed X inactivation in blood. We conclude that 1.) X-linked intellectual disability type Nascimento is a clinically very distinct entity that might be underdiagnosed to date. 2.) So far, all females carrying a familial UBE2A aberration have a completely skewed X inactivation and are clinically unaffected. This should be taken in to account when counselling those families. 3.) The coverage of an array should be checked carefully prior to analysis since not all arrays have a sufficient resolution at specific loci, or alternative quantitative methods should be applied not to miss small deletions.
AuthorsJohanna Christina Czeschik, Peter Bauer, Karin Buiting, Claudia Dufke, Encarna Guillén-Navarro, Diana S Johnson, Udo Koehler, Vanesa López-González, Hermann-Josef Lüdecke, Alison Male, Deborah Morrogh, Angelika Rieß, Andreas Tzschach, Dagmar Wieczorek, Alma Kuechler
JournalOrphanet journal of rare diseases (Orphanet J Rare Dis) Vol. 8 Pg. 146 (Sep 21 2013) ISSN: 1750-1172 [Electronic] England
PMID24053514 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • UBE2A protein, human
  • Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Mental Retardation, X-Linked (diagnosis, genetics)
  • Mutation, Missense (genetics)
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes (genetics)
  • Young Adult

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