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Arts syndrome

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An X-linked disease that is characterized by profound congenital sensorineural hearing impairment, early-onset hypotonia, delayed motor development, mild to moderate intellectual disability, ataxia, and increased risk of infection and has_material_basis_in mut

An X-linked disease that is characterized by profound congenital sensorineural hearing impairment, early-onset hypotonia, delayed motor development, mild to moderate intellectual disability, ataxia, and increased risk of infection and has_material_basis_in mutations of the PRPS1 gene.

Signs and symptoms

  • Visual loss
  • Progressive muscle weakness
  • Dysphagia
  • Hearing impairment
  • Absent speech
  • Seizure
  • Global developmental delay
  • Ataxia
  • Areflexia
  • Recurrent infections

Also known as: ARTS; Lethal ataxia with deafness and optic atrophy; MRXS18; MRXSARTS; fatal X-linked ataxia with deafness and loss of vision