X-linked intellectual disability, Turner type

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Congenital and Genetic Diseases; Nervous System Diseases

Summary Summary

The following summary is from Orphanet, a European reference portal for information on rare diseases and orphan drugs.

Orpha Number: 85328

Definition

X-linked intellectual disability, Turner type is characterised by moderate to severe intellectual deficit in boys and moderate intellectual deficit in girls. It has been described in 14 members from four generations of one family. Macrocephaly was reported and holoprosencephaly may also be present (two family members). The mode of transmission is X-linked semi-dominant.

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Last updated: 2/1/2007

Symptoms Symptoms

This table lists symptoms that people with this disease may have. For most diseases, symptoms will vary from person to person. People with the same disease may not have all the symptoms listed. This information comes from a database called the Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) . The HPO collects information on symptoms that have been described in medical resources. The HPO is updated regularly. Use the HPO ID to access more in-depth information about a symptom.

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Medical Terms	Other Names	Learn More: HPO ID
100% of people have these symptoms
Intellectual disability	Mental deficiency Mental retardation Mental retardation, nonspecific Mental-retardation [ more ]	0001249
80%-99% of people have these symptoms
Coarse facial features	Coarse facial appearance	0000280
Delayed speech and language development	Deficiency of speech development Delayed language development Delayed speech Delayed speech acquisition Delayed speech development Impaired speech and language development Impaired speech development Language delay Language delayed Language development deficit Late-onset speech development Poor language development Speech and language delay Speech and language difficulties Speech delay [ more ]	0000750
Intellectual disability, mild	Mental retardation, borderline-mild Mild and nonprogressive mental retardation Mild mental retardation [ more ]	0001256
Intellectual disability, moderate	IQ between 34 and 49	0002342
30%-79% of people have these symptoms
Intellectual disability, severe	Early and severe mental retardation Mental retardation, severe Severe mental retardation [ more ]	0010864
Macrocephaly	Large head Increased size of skull Large head circumference [ more ]	0000256
5%-29% of people have these symptoms
Abnormal fingernail morphology	Abnormal fingernails Abnormality of the fingernails [ more ]	0001231
Absent nares	Missing nostrils	0100596
Ankle flexion contracture		0006466
Delayed gross motor development	Delayed motor skills	0002194
Downslanted palpebral fissures	Downward slanting of the opening between the eyelids	0000494
Female infertility		0008222
Global developmental delay		0001263
Holoprosencephaly		0001360
Hyperreflexia	Increased reflexes	0001347
Hypertonia		0001276
Hypotelorism	Abnormally close eyes Closely spaced eyes [ more ]	0000601
Limited elbow extension	Decreased elbow extension Elbow limited extension Limitation of elbow extension Limited extension at elbows Limited forearm extension Restricted elbow extension [ more ]	0001377
Long face	Elongation of face Increased height of face Increased length of face Vertical elongation of face Vertical enlargement of face Vertical overgrowth of face [ more ]	0000276
Macroorchidism	Large testis	0000053
Obesity	Having too much body fat	0001513
Pointed chin	Pointy chin Small pointed chin Witch's chin [ more ]	0000307
Seizure		0001250
Tapered finger	Tapered fingertips Tapering fingers [ more ]	0001182
Percent of people who have these symptoms is not available through HPO
X-linked inheritance		0001417

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Last updated: 2/1/2021

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