• Title of article

    Acrocallosal Syndrome in a 6-Year-Old Iranian Boy

  • Author/Authors

    Sahebalzamani، Afsaneh نويسنده Genetic unit,Kerman Welfare Organization,Kerman,Iran , , Kariminejad، Ariana نويسنده Kariminejad-Najmabadi Pathology & Genetics Center,Tehran,Iran كريمي نژاد, آريانا

  • Issue Information
    فصلنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2016
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    4134
  • To page
    4137
  • Abstract
    Acrocallosal syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by hypoplasia /agenesis of corpus callosum, moderate to severe mental retardation, characteristic crainioafacial abnormalities and distinctive digital malformation . Here we report a sixyearold boy with mental retardation , dolicocephally, hypertelorism, strabismus, postaxial polydactyly and agenesis of corpus callosum . With these finding acrocallosal syndrome was suspected and KIF7 gene sequencing was performed,revealing a homozygous deletion inexon 14 of KIF7 gene. Both parents were heterozygous carriers.
  • Keywords
    KIF7 , Agenesis of corpus callosum , Mental retardation , Acrocallosal Syndrome
  • Journal title
    Genetics in the 3rd Millennium
  • Serial Year
    2016
  • Journal title
    Genetics in the 3rd Millennium
  • Record number

    2401030