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Cataract-intellectual disability-hypogonadism syndrome
Disease definition
This syndrome is characterized by the association of intellectual deficit, congenital cataract, and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.
ORPHA:1387
Classification level: DisorderSummary
Epidemiology
Less than 20 cases have been described in the literature so far.
Clinical description
Besides the three main features of the syndrome, other anomalies have been reported in some of the affected patients including short stature, minor digital abnormalities, microcephaly, cardiomyopathy, heart failure, and mild facial dysmorphism (micrognathia, maxilla hypoplasia, low posterior hairline and large ears).
Etiology
Mutations in the RAB3GAP2 gene have been identified in some patients.
Genetic counseling
Transmission is autosomal recessive.
A summary on this disease is available in Deutsch (2009) Español (2009) Français (2009) Italiano (2009) Nederlands (2009) Português (2009)
Detailed information
Disease review articles
- Review article
- Français (2009, pdf) - Ann Endocrinol
- Clinical genetics review
- English (2018) - GeneReviews


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