• The study included all the patients aged 5-21 years who had been diagnosed with NS or of one of three Noonan-like syndromes (i.e., cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome, Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines, and Noonan-like syndrome with loose anagen hair) at a university pediatric hospital. (nih.gov)
  • Background Mutations in Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase (Ras/MAPK) pathway genes lead to a class of disorders known as RASopathies, including neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), Noonan syndrome (NS), Costello syndrome (CS), and cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome (CFC). (bmj.com)
  • The Noonan-like phenotype had a higher frequency of epilepsy than typical NS. (nih.gov)
  • Contribution of gene mutations to Silver-Russell syndrome phenotype: multigene sequencing analysis in 92 etiology-unknown patients. (cdc.gov)
  • Noonan syndrome patients beyond the obvious phenotype: A potential unfavorable metabolic profile. (cdc.gov)
  • Noonan syndrome-like phenotype in a patient with heterozygous ERF truncating variant. (cdc.gov)
  • Down syndrome refers to the phenotype or the pattern of physical traits, while trisomy 21 represents the genotype, i.e., the underlying chromosomal basis of the condition. (medicalhomeportal.org)
  • The inheritance rate is low, although when part of Noonan syndrome it is autosomal dominant. (medscape.com)
  • 3 Additional rare autosomal dominant or recessive disorders, such as Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome, Timothy syndrome and CHARGE syndrome have been described as associated with autism in clinical reports. (bmj.com)
  • Myhre syndrome (MS) is a rare autosomal-dominant disorder characterized by short stature, intellectual disability, skeletal anomalies, restricted joint mobility, distinctive facial dysmorphism, and deafness. (e-apem.org)
  • Background:Noonan syndrome is a rare disease, mainly presenting with malformations such as dysplasia and stenosis of the pulmonary valve, atrial septal defect and a typical pattern of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. (medscimonit.com)
  • In AVSD, all four chambers are connected, but the exact characteristics of holes and malformations may vary between patients. (wikipedia.org)
  • Noonan syndrome ( NS ) is a genetic disorder that may present with mildly unusual facial features, short height, congenital heart disease, bleeding problems, and skeletal malformations. (handwiki.org)
  • Vascular tumors and malformations have often been described using a classification system based on morphologic characteristics. (medscape.com)
  • It ranks third place among child development disorders in front of congenital malformations and Down's syndrome 21 . (bvsalud.org)
  • We report a case of Noonan syndrome with giant coronary aneurysms.Case Report:A young woman with the phenotypic characteristics of Noonan's syndrome presented with severe pulmonary stenosis and giant coronary aneurysms. (medscimonit.com)
  • Late complications include hematomas, thrombophlebitis, arteriovenous fistulas, or severe acute illness or other precipitating illness is the fluid to l/day. (elastizell.com)
  • Myopic strabismus fixus, also known as acquired progressive esotropia associated with severe myopia (APEASM), or heavy eye syndrome, is an adult onset esotropia associated with high axial myopia, typically described as progressive esotropia and hypotropia associated with restricted elevation and abduction of variable degree and severity. (hindawi.com)
  • Congenital dilatation of the bile-duct (CDD) is a rare, mostly sporadic, disorder that results in bile retention with severe associated complications. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In a number of syndromes, such as Cornelia de Lange, milder phenotypic expression is associated with less severe intellectual disability. (herts.ac.uk)
  • for example, females with fragile-X syndrome have milder phenotypic expression and less severe intellectual disability. (herts.ac.uk)
  • Chronic PS-SMD is often associated with severe disabilities and complications, emphasizing the importance of its early recognition and early adequate management. (e-arm.org)
  • Published prevalent data of a severe spasticity (defined as increased muscle tone equal or more than 2 of the modified Ashworth scale [MAS]) and a disabling PSS (defined as spasticity that does need treatment) showed that up to 13%-16% of stroke survivors suffer from this complication after stroke [ 2 , 4 , 5 ]. (e-arm.org)
  • Evidence for sex bias and potential sibling correlation suggests that autism traits in the RASopathies share characteristics with autism traits in the general population and clinical ASD population and can shed light on idiopathic ASDs. (bmj.com)
  • Noonan syndrome-14 (NS14) is a recessive developmental disorder within the RASopathy clinical spectrum. (nih.gov)
  • The patient was born small for gestational age, and she had the typical clinical features of MS, including short stature, characteristic facial appearance, developmental delay, and selective mutism. (e-apem.org)
  • Clinical characteristics. (nih.gov)
  • The diagnosis of LZTR1 - or SMARCB1 -related schwannomatosis is established in a proband with characteristic clinical findings and identification of a heterozygous germline pathogenic variant in LZTR1 or SMARCB1 . (nih.gov)
  • Asthma is a clinical syndrome characterized by episodic reversible airway obstruction, increased bronchial reactivity, and airway inflammation. (medscape.com)
  • This study reports the clinical and pathological features of 12 cases of primary Sjogren syndrome (pSS) with renal involvement presenting with proximal tubular dysfunction in a single center, and investigates the possible correlation of ectopic germinal center formation and megalin/cubilin down-expression. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In this study, we report the clinical and pathological characteristics and therapeutic outcomes of 12 patients with pSS and Fanconi syndrome. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 2001). In spite of the prevalence of autistic-like behaviours in many syndromes, autism is typically associated with a few conditions only, notably tuberous sclerosis. (herts.ac.uk)
  • [9] Approximately 40-50% of fetuses diagnosed with AVCD have Down syndrome, and a further 15-20% are associated with other chromosomal abnormalities and syndromes, such as DiGeorge syndrome . (wikipedia.org)
  • Down syndrome, also known as trisomy 21, is the most common genetic disorder causing intellectual disability and the most frequently occurring human chromosomal syndrome. (medicalhomeportal.org)
  • Behavioural phenotypes are syndromes with a chromosomal or genetic aetiology, comprising both physiological and behaviour manifestations, including a distinctive social, linguistic, cognitive and motor profile. (herts.ac.uk)
  • Skin signs and symptoms in Noonan syndrome include lymphedema (lymph swelling of the extremities), keloid formation, excessive scar formation, hyperkeratosis (overdevelopment of outer skin layer), pigmented nevi (darkly pigmented skin spots), and connective tissue disease. (handwiki.org)
  • The treatment options available for this syndrome, today, focus on the various disorders and symptoms related to the syndrome. (healthhearty.com)
  • There is no cure for Down syndrome, but some specific symptoms and problems caused by the syndrome can be treated. (merckmanuals.com)
  • Introduction: Childhood autism is a neurodevelopment disorder with characteristic symptoms, e.g.: impairments in social interaction and communication, restricted interests and repetitive behaviors. (bvsalud.org)
  • Syndromes eg, russell-silver, noonan, bloom, and cockayne syndromes, and cyclic neutropenia and presence or absence of the graft is possible that even while on therapy or an oral agent can be mistaken for asthma and copd. (elastizell.com)
  • Head-banging is often associated with dental pain or upper respiratory tract infections causing sinusitis or otitis (Clarke, 2002) or gastrointestinal reflux, as commonly occurs in Cornelia de Lange syndrome. (herts.ac.uk)
  • 2021). For a general phenotypic description and discussion of genetic heterogeneity of Noonan syndrome, see NS1 (163950). (nih.gov)
  • My translational interests and contributions have spanned blood/lymphatic vascular endothelial cell biology and pathobiology in vitro and in vivo, hepatosplanchnic lymphatic/microcirculatory physiology, small animal models, in vivo lymphatic imaging, thoracic duct lymph drainage, lymphogenous cancer spread, and genomics/proteomics of lymphedema-angiodysplasia syndromes in man and experimental models, including defects, deficiency, and overexpression of human and murine lymphangio- gene-sis genes and their syndromic/phenotypic manifestations. (arizona.edu)
  • Variants of SOS2 are a rare cause of Noonan syndrome with particular predisposition for lymphatic complications. (cdc.gov)
  • I continue to work on a variety of infectious diseases and immune disorders (e.g., inflammatory bowel disease, AIDS, Kaposi sarcoma, tuberculosis, filariasis, congenital/hereditary lymphatic system syndromes, opportunistic infections/neoplasms) and direct an internationally recognized Lymphedema-Angiodysplasia clinic. (arizona.edu)
  • This type of congenital heart defect is associated with patients with Down syndrome (trisomy 21) or heterotaxy syndromes . (wikipedia.org)
  • [ Bull: 2022 ] A smaller percentage of individuals with Down syndrome have trisomy 21 mosaicism from postzygotic nondisjunction during mitosis of the fertilized egg or from postzygotic loss of a chromosome 21 from a trisomic zygote. (medicalhomeportal.org)
  • Trisomy 21 causes about 95% of the cases of Down syndrome. (merckmanuals.com)
  • There are no two identical cases of congenital heart disease, and there are specific genetic syndromes with a higher probability of having a defect, such as trisomy 21. (arrhythmia.center)
  • A large study called the Second Natural History Study of Congenital Heart Defects analyzed the treatment, quality of life, echocardiography findings, complications, exercise responses, and predisposition to endocarditis with regards to cardiac valvular disease, and pulmonary stenosis was found to be the most benign valvular lesion. (medscape.com)
  • In addition to the usual abnormalities of the pulmonary valve and the ventricular myocardium, the patient showed a wide spectrum of previously unreported coronary aneurysms.Conclusions:These additional findings support the hypothesis that a vasculitic process has been superimposed on the connective tissue defect associated with Noonan's syndrome. (medscimonit.com)
  • Furthermore, since the pathogenesis of the condition remains unclear, this case stresses the need to look carefully for abnormalities co-expressed in Noonan's syndrome. (medscimonit.com)
  • Abnormalities in the limbs and extremities may occur in Noonan syndrome. (handwiki.org)
  • Down syndrome is a chromosome disorder caused by an extra chromosome 21 that results in intellectual disability and physical abnormalities. (merckmanuals.com)
  • The valve itself was thickened and dysplastic, a characteristic that is typical of Noonan's syndrome. (medscimonit.com)
  • The development of the ears and auditory system may be affected in people with Noonan's syndrome. (handwiki.org)
  • The main objective of this study was to assess the presence and characteristics of epilepsy in children and adolescents affected by NS and related disorders. (nih.gov)
  • Although differential diagnosis between these two syndromes could be difficult, particularly in the first age of life, we underline the relevance in discriminating these two disorders in terms of affected signaling pathway to allow an effective targeted pharmacological treatment. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Individuals with late-onset PA may remain asymptomatic and suffer a metabolic crisis under catabolic stress (e.g., illness, surgery, fasting) or may experience a more insidious onset with the development of multiorgan complications including vomiting, protein intolerance, failure to thrive, hypotonia, developmental delays or regression, movement disorders, or cardiomyopathy. (beds.ac.uk)
  • The WAS-related disorders, which include Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, X-linked thrombocytopenia (XLT), and X-linked congenital neutropenia (XLN), are a spectrum of disorders of hematopoietic cells, with predominant defects of platelets and lymphocytes caused by pathogenic variants in WAS. (beds.ac.uk)
  • Along with the delayed development, mental retardation, development of loose folds of skin, and unusual flexibility in the joints of the limbs, are characteristic to the syndrome. (healthhearty.com)
  • Congenital dilatation of the bile ducts (choledochal cyst/CDD) result in bile retention, with cholangitis, pancreatitis and malignancies as associated complications. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In syndromes in which there are differences in physical appearance, such as short stature/accelerated growth, facial dysmorphism or delayed sexual development, affected individuals can suffer from low self-esteem and this can often precipitate secondary behavioural difficulties. (herts.ac.uk)
  • With his Down's syndrome he'll just look like the others. (englishlib.org)
  • While Down's syndrome is the most common cause of intellectual disability, fragile-X syndrome is the most common inherited cause of learning disability (see Sabaratnam, 2003). (herts.ac.uk)
  • Although their physical characteristics can vary greatly, most are tall with long arms and legs. (msdmanuals.com)
  • 1990. Compilation of data on the composition, physical characteristics and water solubility of fuel products. (cdc.gov)
  • [1] Diagnosis of the syndrome can be made at birth based on physical characteristics, but a true medical diagnosis is confirmed following a diagnostic test called fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). (physio-pedia.com)
  • Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) is a congenital multiple-anomaly / cognitive impairment syndrome caused by an abnormality in cholesterol metabolism resulting from deficiency of the enzyme 7-dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC) reductase. (beds.ac.uk)
  • The most common signs leading to the diagnosis of Noonan syndrome are unique facial characteristics and musculoskeletal features. (handwiki.org)
  • Author and journalist Olivia Gordon, has written a moving book about her son's diagnosis with Noonan Syndrome, and it's now published in the United States. (rasopathiesnet.org)
  • This article will focus on causes, diagnosis and complications. (angiologist.com)
  • The alternative name, Ekbom's syndrome, refers to neurologist Karl-Axel Ekbom, who published seminal accounts of the disease in 1937 and 1938. (englishlib.org)
  • The occurrence of the disease is rare and very few develop this syndrome. (healthhearty.com)
  • Other congenital anomalies (e.g., heart and gastrointestinal defects) and acquired conditions (e.g., hypothyroidism, hearing impairment, and celiac disease) occur more frequently in children with Down syndrome. (medicalhomeportal.org)
  • People with Down syndrome have an increased risk for certain medical conditions such as congenital heart defects, respiratory and hearing problems, Alzheimer's disease, childhood leukemia, and thyroid conditions. (medicalhomeportal.org)
  • The above series of 3 pictures A, B, C was from the following journal article: Pober B, Johnson M, Urban Z. Mechanisms and treatment of cardiovascular disease in Williams-Beuren syndrome. (physio-pedia.com)
  • Type V is considered as a distinct entity as, unlike the other types, is usually associated with both cystic renal disease and liver fibrosis (Caroli syndrome). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Inhibition of receptor-mediated endocytosis has been proposed as the mechanism of Fanconi syndrome in other disease states. (biomedcentral.com)
  • FAS is a syndrome that falls under a larger group of conditions known as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). (aao.org)
  • Klinefelter syndrome is the most common sex chromosome disorder and occurs in about 1 in every 500 live male births. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Hereditary brain disorder , transient ischemia or paraneoplastic syndrome . (englishlib.org)
  • Conrad is in the late stages of a very rare disorder known as Burchardt's Syndrome. (englishlib.org)
  • Klinefelter syndrome is the most common sex chromosome disorder. (msdmanuals.com)
  • William's Syndrome was first recognized as a unique disorder in 1961. (physio-pedia.com)
  • Later, A.J. Beuren described eleven new patients with the characteristics described by Williams and the disorder became known as Williams-Beuren Syndrome. (physio-pedia.com)
  • The above two pictures are from the following souce: Kaplan P, Wang P, Francke U. Williams (Williams Beuren) syndrome: a distinct neurobehavioral disorder. (physio-pedia.com)
  • The risk of hypertension is increased three -fold in patients with Turner syndrome . (englishlib.org)
  • Owing to the range of intellectual disability exhibited across behavioural phenotypes, it is important to assess cognitive functioning at an early stage, particularly when the level of intellectual disability may be borderline, as in the case of Sotos and Turner syndromes, so that educational intervention can be tailored to meet the individual's needs and maximize the individual's potential (Barnard et al. (herts.ac.uk)
  • Other rarely reported complications include optic atrophy, hearing loss, premature ovarian insufficiency, and chronic renal failure. (beds.ac.uk)
  • All patients diagnosed with primary Sjogren syndrome with renal Fanconi syndrome in Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) from 1994 to 2014 were enrolled. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Primary Sjogren syndrome (pSS) is a chronic autoimmune epithelialitis targeting exocrine glands, with possible multisystem involvement [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • [3] The pattern seen in those patients with Noonan syndrome differ from those patients who have Down syndrome in that "partial" AVCD is more prevalent in those with NS, whereas those with down syndrome show a prevalence of the "complete" form of AVCD. (wikipedia.org)
  • The prevalence of Down syndrome varies by age (due to the combined impact of increasing life span and selective terminations decreasing birth prevalence) and country (because of dramatic differences in availability of prenatal testing and termination and population attitudes). (medicalhomeportal.org)
  • The graph (left) is based on the National Down Syndrome Cytogenetic Register and shows pooled prevalence (per 10,000 live births) of Down syndrome by maternal age. (medicalhomeportal.org)
  • [ Mai: 2013 ] Prevalence would have been higher but for Down syndrome-related elective pregnancy terminations. (medicalhomeportal.org)
  • The estimated birth prevalence of Down syndrome among live births in the United States in 2010 was 1:826. (medicalhomeportal.org)
  • Cornea and anterior chamber: findings resembling Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome and Peter's anomaly, glaucoma, uveal coloboma. (aao.org)
  • After publishing his findings in 1977, no further research was published on this possible syndrome until Der Kaloustian, Moroz, McIntosh, Watters, and Blainchan (1991) reported another individual with similar characteristics. (diseasesdic.com)
  • [2] The condition was first described in 1883 and was named after American pediatric cardiologist Jacqueline Noonan, who described further cases in 1963. (handwiki.org)
  • Abnormal features of Noonan syndrome at the age of 3 months: Note the eyebrow slant and left-side eyelid dropping. (handwiki.org)
  • Abnormal features of Noonan syndrome at the age of 3 months: Note the low-set, posteriorly rotated, and abnormally formed ear. (handwiki.org)
  • Some of the characteristic features of Noonan syndrome include a large head with excess skin on the back of the neck, low hairline at the nape of the neck, high hairline at the front of the head, triangular face shape, broad forehead, and a short, webbed neck. (handwiki.org)
  • Individuals with mental handicaps with interfere pseudoephedrine does viagra or cialis and characteristic facial features. (elastizell.com)
  • Children with Down syndrome have delayed physical and mental development, specific head and facial features, and are often short. (merckmanuals.com)
  • Although the underlying origin of these behaviours can sometimes be linked to a biological mechanism, such as a deficiency in the enzyme hypoxanthineguanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT) in Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, in most conditions the pathway from gene to behaviour is less clear. (herts.ac.uk)
  • The fundus demonstrates many signs characteristic to high myopia including a tilted disc, peripapillary atrophy, and macular atrophy. (eyerounds.org)
  • Flail arm syndrome and flail leg syndrome are often considered to be regional variants of PMA because they only involve lower motor neurons . (englishlib.org)
  • [3] [1] Noonan syndrome is a type of RASopathy , the underlying mechanism for which involves attenuation of the RAS/MAPK cell signaling pathway. (handwiki.org)
  • A new online study by Paige Naylor, doctoral candidate at Palo Alto University in California, is recruiting families who has a child with any RASopathy syndrome between the ages of 8-18, and who can communicate in English. (rasopathiesnet.org)
  • A tumor of nerve cells, that is found in children as a result of the syndrome, is known as neuroblastoma. (healthhearty.com)
  • A cancer of the bladder, called transitional cell carcinoma, also develops in children due to this syndrome. (healthhearty.com)
  • The number of children suffering from the syndrome is very less. (healthhearty.com)
  • Low bone mass in Noonan syndrome children correlates with decreased muscle mass and low IGF-1 levels. (cdc.gov)
  • The probability of having a baby with Down syndrome increases as the mother's age increases, but due to higher pregnancy rates in younger women, most children with Down syndrome are born to women under 35 years of age. (medicalhomeportal.org)
  • 2002). The course of the syndrome, both behaviourally and medically, is not stagnant, and the presentation of the syndrome can vary according to level of intellectual disability and input received, and can change with increasing age. (herts.ac.uk)
  • Figure 1 shows the typical level of intellectual disability for a range of genetic syndromes. (herts.ac.uk)
  • Maeve is a six year old girl with moderate intellectual disability and Asperger's syndrome. (reecesrainbow.org)
  • The facial characteristics are most prominent in infancy, becoming less apparent with age in many people with Noonan syndrome. (handwiki.org)
  • Klinefelter syndrome occurs when a boy has one extra X chromosome. (msdmanuals.com)
  • A small percentage (3-4%) of Down syndrome results from an unbalanced translocation between chromosome 21 and another chromosome (usually 13, 14, or 15). (medicalhomeportal.org)
  • Down syndrome is caused by an extra chromosome 21. (merckmanuals.com)
  • About 3% of people with Down syndrome have 46 chromosomes, but the extra chromosome 21 is incorrectly joined with another chromosome (called translocation), creating an abnormal, but not extra, chromosome. (merckmanuals.com)
  • [3] [10] The remaining 30-40% of cases are not linked to a syndrome, with AVCD observed without other major defects. (wikipedia.org)
  • [1] J.C.P. Williams observed in four patients an association between supravalvular aortic stenosis and the common physical and mental characteristics of this patient population and stated that it "may constitute a previously unrecognized syndrome" [1] . (physio-pedia.com)
  • Case characteristics: herein, we report a case of autosomal recessive familial woolly hair of an Asian female child and member of a family, her younger brother affected by a localised woolly hair, not associated to complications. (ijpediatrics.com)