TY - JOUR
T1 - UBE2A deficiency syndrome
T2 - Mild to severe intellectual disability accompanied by seizures, absent speech, urogenital, and skin anomalies in male patients
AU - De Leeuw, Nicole
AU - Bulk, Saskia
AU - Green, Andrew
AU - Jaeckle-Santos, Lane
AU - Baker, Linda A.
AU - Zinn, Andrew R.
AU - Kleefstra, Tjitske
AU - Van Der Smagt, Jasper J.
AU - Vianne Morgante, Angela Maria
AU - De Vries, Bert B A
AU - Van Bokhoven, Hans
AU - De Brouwer, Arjan P M
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - We describe three patients with a comparable deletion encompassing SLC25A43, SLC25A5, CXorf56, UBE2A, NKRF, and two non-coding RNA genes, U1 and LOC100303728. Moderate to severe intellectual disability (ID), psychomotor retardation, severely impaired/absent speech, seizures, and urogenital anomalies were present in all three patients. Facial dysmorphisms include ocular hypertelorism, synophrys, and a depressed nasal bridge. These clinical features overlap with those described in two patients from a family with a similar deletion at Xq24 that also includes UBE2A, and in several patients of Brazilian and Polish families with point mutations in UBE2A. Notably, all five patients with an Xq24 deletion have ventricular septal defects that are not present in patients with a point mutation, which might be attributed to the deletion of SLC25A5. Taken together, the UBE2A deficiency syndrome in male patients with a mutation in or a deletion of UBE2A is characterized by ID, absent speech, seizures, urogenital anomalies, frequently including a small penis, and skin abnormalities, which include generalized hirsutism, low posterior hairline, myxedematous appearance, widely spaced nipples, and hair whorls. Facial dysmorphisms include a wide face, a depressed nasal bridge, a large mouth with downturned corners, thin vermilion, and a short, broad neck.
AB - We describe three patients with a comparable deletion encompassing SLC25A43, SLC25A5, CXorf56, UBE2A, NKRF, and two non-coding RNA genes, U1 and LOC100303728. Moderate to severe intellectual disability (ID), psychomotor retardation, severely impaired/absent speech, seizures, and urogenital anomalies were present in all three patients. Facial dysmorphisms include ocular hypertelorism, synophrys, and a depressed nasal bridge. These clinical features overlap with those described in two patients from a family with a similar deletion at Xq24 that also includes UBE2A, and in several patients of Brazilian and Polish families with point mutations in UBE2A. Notably, all five patients with an Xq24 deletion have ventricular septal defects that are not present in patients with a point mutation, which might be attributed to the deletion of SLC25A5. Taken together, the UBE2A deficiency syndrome in male patients with a mutation in or a deletion of UBE2A is characterized by ID, absent speech, seizures, urogenital anomalies, frequently including a small penis, and skin abnormalities, which include generalized hirsutism, low posterior hairline, myxedematous appearance, widely spaced nipples, and hair whorls. Facial dysmorphisms include a wide face, a depressed nasal bridge, a large mouth with downturned corners, thin vermilion, and a short, broad neck.
KW - Deficiency
KW - Deletion
KW - Intellectual disability
KW - Syndrome
KW - UBE2A
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U2 - 10.1002/ajmg.a.33743
DO - 10.1002/ajmg.a.33743
M3 - Article
C2 - 21108393
AN - SCOPUS:78649656031
SN - 1552-4825
VL - 152 A
SP - 3084
EP - 3090
JO - American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A
JF - American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A
IS - 12
ER -