Epilepsy in Mowat-Wilson syndrome: delineation of the electroclinical phenotype.

Mowat-Wilson syndrome (MWS) is a genetic disease caused by heterozygous mutations or deletions of the ZEB2 gene and is characterized by distinctive facial features, epilepsy, moderate to severe intellectual disability, corpus callosum abnormalities and other congenital malformations. Epilepsy is considered a main manifestation of the syndrome, with a prevalence of about 70-75%. In order to delineate the electroclinical phenotype of epilepsy in MWS, we investigated epilepsy onset and evolution, including seizure types, EEG features, and response to anti-epileptic therapies in 22 patients with genetically confirmed MWS.

[The Cri du Chat syndrome: a study on the quality of care].

Aim: The Cri du Chat syndrome (SCdC / [OMIM #123450]) is a rare disease characterized by the deletion of the short arm of chromosome 5. The typical clinical features are the cat-like cry, microcephaly, a distinct facial phenotype and a severe psychomotor and mental retardation. The aim of this study was to provide an analysis on the data concerning the life quality and families assistance to whom have a child affected by Cri du Chat syndrome such as: the life's change of parents after the child's birth, the frequency of treatments, the collaboration between family and center of reference.

Infantile cortical hyperostosis and COL1A1 mutation in four generations.

Infantile cortical hyperostosis (ICH, OMIM 114000) is a rare familial disorder which affects infants. It spontaneously heals in the first years of life. The disease is characterized by regressive subperiosteal hyperosteogenesis mainly affecting long bones, mandible, clavicles, and ribs which are remarkably swollen and deformed on X-rays.

Cri du Chat syndrome.

The Cri du Chat syndrome (CdCS) is a genetic disease resulting from a deletion of variable size occurring on the short arm of chromosome 5 (5p-). The incidence ranges from 1:15,000 to 1:50,000 live-born infants. The main clinical features are a high-pitched monochromatic cry, microcephaly, broad nasal bridge, epicanthal folds, micrognathia, abnormal dermatoglyphics, and severe psychomotor and mental retardation.

Genitourinary anomalies in Mowat-Wilson syndrome with deletion/mutation in the zinc finger homeo box 1B gene (ZFHX1B). Report of three Italian cases with hypospadias and review.

Hypospadias, when the urethra opens on the ventral side of the penis, is a common malformation seen in about 3 per 1,000 male births. It is a complex disorder associated with genetic and environmental factors and can be part of genetic syndromes. Mowat-Wilson syndrome (MWS) is a multiple congenital anomaly syndrome characterized by a distinct facial phenotype, Hirschsprung disease, microcephaly and mental retardation.