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Abstract
Background KBG syndrome is a highly variable neurodevelopmental disorder and clinical diagnostic criteria have changed as new patients have been reported. Both loss-of-function sequence variants and large deletions (copy number variations, CNVs) involving ANKRD11 cause KBG syndrome, but no genotype–phenotype correlation has been reported.
Methods 67 patients with KBG syndrome were assessed using a custom phenotypical questionnaire. Manifestations present in >50% of the patients and a ‘phenotypical score’ were used to perform a genotype–phenotype correlation in 340 patients from our cohort and the literature.
Results Neurodevelopmental delay, macrodontia, triangular face, characteristic ears, nose and eyebrows were the most prevalentf (eatures. 82.8% of the patients had at least one of seven main comorbidities: hearing loss and/or otitis media, visual problems, cryptorchidism, cardiopathy, feeding difficulties and/or seizures. Associations found included a higher phenotypical score in patients with sequence variants compared with CNVs and a higher frequency of triangular face (71.1% vs 42.5% in CNVs). Short stature was more frequent in patients with exon 9 variants (62.5% inside vs 27.8% outside exon 9), and the prevalence of intellectual disability/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder/autism spectrum disorder was lower in patients with the c.1903_1907del variant (70.4% vs 89.4% other variants). Presence of macrodontia and comorbidities were associated with larger deletion sizes and hand anomalies with smaller deletions.
Conclusion We present a detailed phenotypical description of KBG syndrome in the largest series reported to date of 67 patients, provide evidence of a genotype–phenotype correlation between some KBG features and specific ANKRD11 variants in 340 patients, and propose updated clinical diagnostic criteria based on our findings.
- Genetics
- Genetics, Medical
- Pediatrics
- Diagnosis
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Contributors EM-C, FB-K, IL-S and BA designed the study. EM-C, FB-K, RL-R, IM-F, IL-S and BA analysed the data. EM-C and BA prepared the manuscript. EM-C, FB-K, FL-G, STS, RL-DP, BM, MR-M, DC-A, AL-G, SG-M, MAM, MP-M, ER-O, FS-S, JC-R, JFQ-E, MTS-C, JS-dP, RB-F, MI-G, IR-A, MIA-M, RB-L, BdA, JE, JJG-P, BG-F, CG-L, NI, VL-G, IMad, IMal, BM-M, SR-L, MG-H, PP-M, JL-P, SA-A, SA, AF-J, IL-R, BG-Q, CA, AA-L, MP-B, AC-G, IV, AM-M and IL-S contributed to the acquisition, analysis and interpretation of the data used in the study. All authors critically reviewed the manuscript, approved the final version and are accountable for all aspects of the work. BA is responsible for the overall content as guarantor and accepts full responsibility for the finished work and/or the conduct of the study, had access to the data, and controlled the decision to publish.
Funding Berta Almoguera’s work is supported by a Juan Rodés program (JR17/00020) and a grant from Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias (FIS, PI18/01098), funded by Instituto de Salud Carlos III and the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER).
Competing interests None declared.
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