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. 2018 Feb;20(2):269-274.
doi: 10.1038/gim.2017.109. Epub 2017 Aug 3.

B3GAT3-related disorder with craniosynostosis and bone fragility due to a unique mutation

Kevin Yauy  1 , Frederic Tran Mau-Them  1   2 , Marjolaine Willems  1 , Christine Coubes  1 , Patricia Blanchet  1 , Christian Herlin  3 , Ikram Taleb Arrada  1   4 , Elodie Sanchez  2 , Jean-Michel Faure  5 , Marie-Pascale Le Gac  6 , Olivier Prodhomme  4 , Anne Boland  7 , Vincent Meyer  7 , Jean-Baptiste Rivière  8 , Yannis Duffourd  8 , Jean-François Deleuze  7 , Thomas Guignard  1 , Guillaume Captier  3 , Mouna Barat-Houari  9 , David Genevieve  1   2
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B3GAT3-related disorder with craniosynostosis and bone fragility due to a unique mutation

Kevin Yauy et al. Genet Med. 2018 Feb.
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Abstract

PurposeBased on prenatal suspicion of the combination of radioulnar or radiohumeral synostosis and a peculiar shape of the skull suggestive of craniosynostosis, we report on six patients from four unrelated consanguineous families in whom Antley-Bixler syndrome was suspected during the prenatal period without mutation in genes known to be associated with the syndrome.MethodsMolecular diagnosis involved whole-exome and gene-panel sequencing.

Results: All sequenced patients showed a unique homozygous mutation of c.667G>A, p.Gly223Ser (NM_012200) in the beta-1,3-glucuronyltransferase 3 (B3GAT3) gene known to be involved in linkeropathy syndrome. Linkeropathies correspond to a recently identified group of heterogeneous genetic syndromes along a spectrum of skeletal and connective tissue disorders. These patients featured mainly craniosynostosis, midface hypoplasia, bilateral radioulnar synostosis, multiple neonatal fractures, dislocated joints, joint contracture, long fingers, foot deformity, and cardiovascular abnormalities. All died before 1 year of age.ConclusionWe identified a novel B3GAT3-related disorder with craniosynostosis and bone fragility, due to a unique homozygous mutation in B3GAT3. This syndrome should be considered in the prenatal period in light of the severe outcome and as an alternative diagnosis to Antley-Bixler or Shprintzen-Goldberg syndrome.

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