title: A maternally transmitted lethal neonatal progeroid syndrome with prominent genitourinary and gastrointestinal features.
abstract: Twin brothers and their maternal uncle with a previously undescribed neonatal progeroid syndrome are presented. In addition to progeroid features, they had pseudo-obstruction of the urinary and gastrointestinal tracts, severe leucocytosis, liver dysfunction, and low complex III and IV in muscle but not in liver. Previously described neonatal progeroid syndromes and syndromes featuring pseudo-obstruction are discussed. The two most likely aetiological mechanisms are an X linked single gene disorder or a mitochondrial disorder. The evidence for these possibilities is presented.
authors.affiliation: Victorian Clinical Genetics Service, Murdoch Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Delatycki
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cleary
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bankier
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: McDougall
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ahluwalia
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cooke-Yarborough
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D004065:Digestive System Abnormalities; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005804:Genes, Lethal; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008099:Liver / Q000002:abnormalities; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D010641:Phenotype; D011371:Progeria / Q000235:genetics*; D013577:Syndrome; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic; D014564:Urogenital Abnormalities; D014960:X Chromosome / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial