Autoszomális recesszív
Caused by changes in both copies of TXNL4A, which encodes a component of the spliceosome, the machinery that processes RNA. Most affected people have a small deletion in the TXNL4A promoter on one copy combined with a different damaging change on the other copy.
Tünetek és jelek
Choanal atresia, usually on both sides, causing breathing difficulty in newborns, together with short eye openings, a gap (coloboma) in the lower eyelids and a prominent nose. Hearing loss is common, and heart defects, cleft lip or palate and mild short stature have been reported. Intelligence is typically unaffected.
Mit változtat a diagnózis
Surgical repair of choanal atresia, hearing assessment with hearing aids where needed, and cardiac evaluation. Both parents of an affected child are usually carriers, so each further child has a 1 in 4 chance of being affected; genetic counselling and carrier testing of relatives are available.
Vizsgált gének
Más néven
bilateral choanal atresia, cardiac defects, deafness, and dysmorphic appearance; BMKS; choanal atresia deafness cardiac defects dysmorphism; oculootofacial dysplasia
