1. Case Report: Novel compound heterozygous variants in CHRNA1 gene leading to lethal multiple pterygium syndrome: A case report
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Zhuang, Jianlong, Wang, Junyu, Luo, Qi, Zeng, Shuhong, Chen, Yu’e, Jiang, Yuying, Chen, Xinying, Wang, Yuanbai, Xie, Yingjun, Wang, Gaoxiong, and Chen, Chunnuan
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Genetics ,Molecular Medicine ,Genetics (clinical) - Abstract
Background: Lethal multiple pterygium syndrome (LMPS) is a rare autosomal recessive inherited disorder typically characterized by intrauterine growth retardation, multiple pterygia, and flexion contractures.Case presentation: We herein report a Chinese case with a history of three adverse pregnancies demonstrating the same ultrasonic phenotypes, including increased nuchal translucency, edema, fetal neck cystoma, reduced movement, joint contractures, and other congenital features. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) revealed novel compound heterozygous variants in the CHRNA1 gene NM_000079.4: c.[1128delG (p.Pro377LeufsTer10)]; [505T>C (p.Trp169Arg)] in the recruited individual, and subsequent familial segregation showed that both parents transmitted their respective mutation.Conclusion: For the first time, we identified an association between the CHRNA1 gene and the recurrent lethal multiple pterygium syndrome (LMPS) in a Chinese family. This finding may also enrich the mutation spectrum of the CHRNA1 gene and promote the applications of WES technology in etiologic diagnosis of ultrasound anomalies in prenatal examination.
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- 2022