The clinical spectrum of homozygous HOXA1 mutations

Thomas M. Bosley, Ibrahim A. Alorainy, Mustafa A. Salih, Hesham M. Aldhalaan, Khaled K. Abu-Amero, Darren T. Oystreck, Max A. Tischfield, Elizabeth C. Engle, Robert P. Erickson

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Abstract

We describe nine previously unreported individuals from six families who have homozygous mutations of HOXA1 and either the Bosley-Salih-Alorainy syndrome (BSAS) or the Athabascan brainstem dysgenesis syndrome (ABDS). Congenital heart disease was present in four BSAS patients, two of whom had neither deafness nor horizontal gaze restriction, thus raising the possibility that cardiovascular malformations might be a clinically isolated, or relatively isolated, manifestation of homozygous HOXA1 mutations. Two ABDS probands had relatively mild mental retardation. These individuals blur the clinical distinctions between the BSAS and ABDS HOXA1 variants and broaden the phenotype and genotype of the homozygous HOXA1 mutation clinical spectrum.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1235-1240
Number of pages6
JournalAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A
Volume146
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - May 15 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • ABDS
  • BSAS
  • Cerebrovascular malformation
  • Deafness
  • Duane syndrome
  • HOXA1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Genetics
  • Genetics(clinical)

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