title: Microcephaly and congenital nephrotic syndrome owing to diffuse mesangial sclerosis: an autosomal recessive syndrome.
abstract: Three sibs born to consanguineous parents had congenital nephrotic syndrome, microcephaly, and psychomotor retardation. Pathology of the kidneys showed diffuse mesangial sclerosis with deposits of IgG and C3 in the mesangium and glomerular basement membranes. All three children died before the age of 3 years. Of 19 published cases of children with the association of congenital nephrotic syndrome and microcephaly, only four had histological evidence of diffuse mesangial sclerosis, and two of their sibs probably had the same disease. The association of nephrotic syndrome owing to congenital diffuse mesangial sclerosis, microcephaly, and mental retardation appears to be a distinct syndrome with an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Beilinson Medical Centre, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
authors.forename: B Z
authors.initials: BZ
authors.lastname: Garty
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eisenstein
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sandbank
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaffe
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dagan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gadoth
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology; D003241:Consanguinity; D005260:Female; D005808:Genes, Recessive / Q000235:genetics; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000473:pathology*; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000235:genetics; D006257:Head / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008831:Microcephaly / Q000235:genetics*; D009122:Muscle Hypertonia / Q000235:genetics; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000151:congenital / Q000235:genetics*; D009679:Nuclear Family; D010375:Pedigree; D012598:Sclerosis / Q000235:genetics; D013577:Syndrome