Disease or Syndrome
Bohring syndrome
Bohr·ing syn·drome
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Bohring-Opitz syndrome (BOS) is characterized by distinctive facial features and posture, growth failure, variable but usually severe intellectual disability, and variable anomalies. The facial features may include microcephaly or trigonocephaly / prominent (but not fused) metopic ridge, hypotonic facies with full cheeks, synophrys, glabellar and eyelid nevus flammeus (simplex), prominent globes, widely set eyes, palate anomalies, and micrognathia. The BOS posture, which is most striking in early childhood and often becomes less apparent with age, is characterized by flexion at the elbows with ulnar deviation and flexion of the wrists and metacarpophalangeal joints. Feeding difficulties in early childhood, including cyclic vomiting, have a significant impact on overall health; feeding tends to improve with age. Seizures are common and typically responsive to standard epileptic medications. Minor cardiac anomalies and transient bradycardia and apnea may be present. Affected individuals may experience recurrent infections, which also tend to improve with age. Isolated case reports suggest that individuals with BOS are at greater risk for Wilms tumor than the general population, but large-scale epidemiologic studies have not been conducted.GeneReviewsUniversity of Washington, 2021
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(bohring-opitz syndrome) An autosomal dominant condition caused by mutation(s) in the ASXL1 gene, encoding putative polycomb group protein ASXL1. It is characterized by severe intrauterine growth retardation, profound mental retardation, craniofacial dysmorphisms, and flexion deformities of the upper limbs.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Bohring-Opitz syndrome is a rare genetic condition characterized by intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), failure to thrive, sleep apnea, developmental delay, hypotonia, flexion of the elbows and wrists, excessive hair growth, Wilm's tumor, microcephaly, brain malformations, and distinctive facial features. The condition is caused by...National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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