Delineating the phenotype of RNU4ATAC-related spliceosomopathy.

Am J Med Genet A

Genetic Health QLD, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia.

Published: April 2023

Biallelic pathogenic variants in RNU4ATAC cause microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type I (MOPD1), Roifman syndrome (RS) and Lowry-Wood syndrome (LWS). These conditions demonstrate significant phenotypic heterogeneity yet have overlapping features. Although historically described as discrete conditions they appear to represent a phenotypic spectrum with clinical features not always aligning with diagnostic categories. Clinical variability and ambiguity in diagnostic criteria exist among each disorder. Here we report an individual with a novel genotype and phenotype spanning all three disorders, expanding the phenotypic spectrum of RNU4ATAC-related spliceosomeopathies.

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