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Preferred term

Sotos Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Congenital or postnatal overgrowth syndrome most often in height and occipitofrontal circumference with variable delayed motor and cognitive development. Other associated features include advanced bone age, seizures, NEONATAL JAUNDICE; HYPOTONIA; and SCOLIOSIS. It is also associated with increased risk of developing neoplasms in adulthood. Mutations in the NSD1 protein and its HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY are associated with the syndrome.

Entry terms

  • Cerebral Gigantism
  • Sotos Sequence
  • Sotos' Syndrome

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-L1KQNJR9-L

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