Publications by authors named "Rodrigo Goncalves Quiezi"

The authors describe the clinical findings observed in a Brazilian girl that are suggestive of microphthalmia and linear skin defects (MLS) also known as MIDAS syndrome (OMIM #309801). She also presented with short stature, agenesis of corpus callosum, cleft palate, enamel defects, and genitourinary anomalies, which are rarely reported within the clinical spectrum of MLS. The 11,5 Mb deletion in Xp22.

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Here we report on a Brazilian female patient with the clinical manifestations of the holoprosencephaly-like phenotype who also presented with a retroocular granuloma diagnosed as Langerhans cell histiocytosis in early infancy. Mutation analysis showed a missense mutation (G316D) in the exon 2 of SIX3 gene, which was predicted as damaged by the PolyPhen program. We discuss the clinical and genetic aspects of this unusual case.

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Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is genetically heterogeneous. Variable phenotypic manifestations within families with normal and affected patients have been attributed to the number and type of HPE gene mutations. Environmental agents may also contribute to the severity as well as the requirement of multiple hits.

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