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Preferred term

LEOPARD Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An autosomal dominant disorder with an acronym of its seven features (LENTIGO; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM abnormalities; ocular HYPERTELORISM; PULMONARY STENOSIS; abnormal genitalia; retardation of growth; and DEAFNESS or SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS). This syndrome is caused by mutations of PTPN11 gene encoding the non-receptor PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE, type 11, and is an allelic to NOONAN SYNDROME. Features of LEOPARD syndrome overlap with those of NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1 which is caused by mutations in the NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1 GENES.

Entry terms

  • Cardio-Cutaneous Syndrome
  • Cardiomyopathic Lentiginosis
  • Lentiginosis Cardiomyopathic
  • Multiple Lentigines Syndrome
  • Noonan Syndrome with Multiple Lentigines
  • Progressive Cardiomyopathic Lentiginosis

In other languages

  • French

  • Lentiginose cardiomyopathique
  • Syndrome des lentigines multiples

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-LM2WLBTP-3

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