MAGEL2-Related Disorders: A study and case series

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Date: June 23, 2017
Authors:
Jameson Patak, James Gilfert, Melissa Byler, Vamsee Neerukonda, Isabelle Thiffault, Laura Cross, Shivarajan Manickavasagam Amudhavalli, Marta Pacio-Miguez, Maria Palomares-Bralo, Sixto Garica-Minaur, Fernanado Santos-Simarro, Bonnie Marr, Irene Cherrick, Zöe Powis, Wendy A. Alcaraz, Sha Tang, Jonathon Hess, Julie Jurgens, Elizabeth Engle, Robert Lebel
Journal: Clinical Genetics
Journal Volume: 96

Abstract

Pathogenic MAGEL2 variants result in the phenotypes of Chitayat‐Hall syndrome (CHS), Schaaf‐Yang syndrome (SYS) and Prader‐Willi syndrome (PWS). We present five patients with mutations in MAGEL2, including the first patient reported with a missense variant, adding to the limited literature. Further, we performed a systematic review of the CHS and SYS literature, assess the overlap between CHS, SYS and PWS, and analyze genotype‐phenotype correlations among them. We conclude that there is neither a clinical nor etiological difference between CHS and SYS, and propose that the two syndromes simply be referred to as MAGEL2‐related disorders.