title: A consanguineous family with Hirschsprung disease, microcephaly, and mental retardation (Goldberg-Shprintzen syndrome).
abstract: Hirschsprung disease, mental retardation, microcephaly, and specific craniofacial dysmorphism were observed in three children from a large, consanguineous, Moroccan family. A fourth child showed similar clinical features, with the exception of Hirschsprung disease. The association of these abnormalities in these children represents the Goldberg-Shprintzen syndrome (OMIM 235730). Mutation scanning of genes potentially involved in Hirschsprung disease, RET, GDNF, EDN3, and EDNRB, showed a sequence variant, Ser305Asn, in exon 4 of the EDNRB gene in the index patient of this family. The Ser305Asn substitution present in two of the four patients and four healthy relatives and absent in one of the remaining two patients illustrates the difficulties in interpreting the presence of mutations in families with Hirschsprung disease. It is unlikely that the EDNRB variant contributes to the phenotype. This consanguineous family might be useful for the identification of a Goldberg-Shprintzen locus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Breuning
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Osinga
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: vd Smagt
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Catsman
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Buys
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meijers
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Hofstra
mesh_terms: D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003241:Consanguinity; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006627:Hirschsprung Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008831:Microcephaly / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D010641:Phenotype; D044023:Receptor, Endothelin B; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin / Q000235:genetics; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D044023:Receptor, Endothelin B; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin