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Hennekam syndrome

Hennekam syndrome is a heterogeneous autosomal recessive disorder which is characterized by lymphangiectasia with lymphedema and intellectual disability.

Systematic

Hereditary lymphedema
Emberger syndrome
Hennekam syndrome
Hennekam lymphangiectasia-lymphedema syndrome 1
CCBE1
Hennekam lymphangiectasia-lymphedema syndrome 2
FAT4
Hennekam lymphangiectasia-lymphedema syndrome 3
ADAMTS3
Hereditary lymphedema type 1a
Hereditary lymphedema type 1c
Hereditary lymphedema type 1d
Hereditary lymphedema with distichiasis
Microcephaly-lymphedema-chorioretinopathy syndrome

References:

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Hennekam RC et al. (1989) Autosomal recessive intestinal lymphangiectasia and lymphedema, with facial anomalies and mental retardation.

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Al-Gazali LI et al. (2003) Further delineation of Hennekam syndrome.

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Alders M et al. (2014) Hennekam syndrome can be caused by FAT4 mutations and be allelic to Van Maldergem syndrome.

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Connell F et al. (2010) Linkage and sequence analysis indicate that CCBE1 is mutated in recessively inherited generalised lymphatic dysplasia.

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Alders M et al. (2009) Mutations in CCBE1 cause generalized lymph vessel dysplasia in humans.

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Yasunaga M et al. (1993) Protein-losing gastroenteropathy with facial anomaly and growth retardation: a mild case of Hennekam syndrome.

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Scarcella A et al. (2000) Early death in two sisters with Hennekam syndrome.

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Forzano F et al. (2002) Severe lymphedema, intestinal lymphangiectasia, seizures and mild mental retardation: further case of Hennekam syndrome with a severe phenotype.

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Van Balkom ID et al. (2002) Lymphedema-lymphangiectasia-mental retardation (Hennekam) syndrome: a review.

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Bellini C et al. (2003) Hennekam syndrome presenting as nonimmune hydrops fetalis, congenital chylothorax, and congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasia.

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Orphanet article

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Wikipedia article

Wikipedia EN (Hennekam_syndrome) external link
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