Evidence for genetic heterogeneity in lymphedema-cholestasis syndrome

J Pediatr. 2003 Apr;142(4):441-7. doi: 10.1067/mpd.2003.148.

Abstract

Lymphedema-cholestasis syndrome (LCS, Aagenaes syndrome) is the only known form of hereditary lymphedema associated with cholestasis. A locus, LCS1, has recently been mapped to chromosome 15q in a Norwegian kindred. In a consanguine Serbian Romani family with a neonate who had a combination of lymphedema and cholestasis with features atypical for Norwegian LCS, haplotype and linkage analysis of markers spanning the LCS1 region argue that a second LCS locus may exist. The infant may represent an instance of a previously undescribed lymphedema-cholestasis syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Cholestasis / complications*
  • Cholestasis / congenital
  • Cholestasis / genetics*
  • Chromosome Mapping
  • Genetic Heterogeneity*
  • Genetic Linkage / genetics
  • Haplotypes / genetics
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Lymphedema / complications*
  • Lymphedema / congenital
  • Lymphedema / genetics*
  • Male
  • Pedigree
  • Syndrome