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Miller Dieker Syndrome

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Miller-Dieker lissencephaly syndrome (MDS). MDS features include classic lissencephaly (incomplete or absent gyration of the cerebrum), craniofacial dysmorphims, mental retardation and intractable epilepsy. MDS is a life-shortening disease, with death most often occurring during early childhood (Dobyns, W.B., Curry, C.J.R., Hoyme, H.E., Turlington, L., and Ledbetter, D.H. Clinical and molecular diagnosis of Miller-Dieker syndrome. Am. J. Hum. Genet 1991. 48, 584–594; Nagamani, S.C., Zhang, F., Shchelochkov, O.A., Bi, W., Ou, Z., Scaglia, F., Probst, F.J., Shinawi, M., Eng, C., Hunter, J.V., et al. Microdeletions including YWHAE in the Miller-Dieker syndrome region on chromosome 17p13.3 result in facial dysmorphisms, growth restriction, and cognitive impairment. …show more content…

Med. Genet 2009. 46, 825–833; Cardoso, C., Leventer, R.J., Ward, H.L., Toyo-Oka, K., Chung, J., Gross, A., Martin, C.L., Allanson, J., Pilz, D.T., Olney, A.H., et al. (2003). Refinement of a 400-kb critical region allows genotypic differentiation between isolated lissencephaly, Miller-Dieker syndrome, and other phenotypes secondary to deletions of 17p13.3. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 72, 918–930). MDS is caused by a heterozygous deletion of chromosome 17p13.3, involving several genes including PAFH1B1 and YWHAE coding for LIS1 and 14-3-3 proteins, respectively. This deletion induces malformations during cortical development (Dobyns, W.B., Stratton, R.F., Parke, J.T., Greenberg, F., Nussbaum, R.L., and Ledbetter, D.H. (1983). Miller-Dieker syndrome: Lissencephaly and monosomy 17p. J. Pedod. 102, 552–558; Chong, S.S., Pack, S.D., Roschke, A.V., Tanigami, A., Carrozzo, R., Smith, A.C.M., Dobyns, W.B., and Ledbetter, D.H. (1997). A revision of the lissencephaly and Miller-Dieker syndrome critical regions in chromosome 17p13.3. Hum.

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