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Neu-Laxova syndrome 1

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A serine deficiency that is characterized by multiple fatal malformations including ichthyosis, microcephaly, central nervous system abnormalities, limb deformities, intrauterine growth restriction, proptosis, anasarca, and micrognathia, and has_material_basis

A serine deficiency that is characterized by multiple fatal malformations including ichthyosis, microcephaly, central nervous system abnormalities, limb deformities, intrauterine growth restriction, proptosis, anasarca, and micrognathia, and has_material_basis_in autosomal recessive inheritance of mutation in the PHGDH gene on chromosome 1p12, causing issues producing the amino acid serine.

Signs and symptoms

  • Primary microcephaly
  • Brain atrophy
  • Ventriculomegaly
  • Short neck
  • Generalized edema
  • Ichthyosis
  • Absent eyelashes
  • Micromelia
  • Toe syndactyly
  • Cataract