Journal article
KBG syndrome: An Australian experience.
Natalia Murray, Bronwyn Burgess, Robin Hay, Alison Colley, Sulekha Rajagopalan, Julie McGaughran, Chirag Patel, Annabelle Enriquez, Linda Goodwin, Zornitza Stark, Tiong Tan, Meredith Wilson, Tony Roscioli, Mustafa Tekin, Himanshu Goel
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A | Published : 2017
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.38121
Abstract
In 2011, heterozygous mutations in the ANKRD11 gene were identified in patients with KBG syndrome. Since then, 100 cases have been described with the expansion of the clinical phenotype. Here we present 18 KBG affected individuals from 13 unrelated families, 16 with pathogenic mutations in the ANKRD11 gene. Consistent features included intellectual disability, macrodontia, and the characteristic broad forehead with hypertelorism, and a prominent nasal bridge. Common features included hand anomalies, cryptorchidism, and a large number of palate abnormalities. Distinctive findings in this series included malrotation of the abdominal viscera, bilateral inguinal herniae in two patients, basal ga..
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