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Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet ; 195(6): e32970, 2024 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38459409

ABSTRACT

Since 2008, FOXG1 haploinsufficiency has been linked to a severe neurodevelopmental phenotype resembling Rett syndrome but with earlier onset. Most patients are unable to sit, walk, or speak. For years, FOXG1 sequencing was only prescribed in such severe cases, limiting insight into the full clinical spectrum associated with this gene. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) now enables unbiased diagnostics. Through the European Reference Network for Rare Malformation Syndromes, Intellectual and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders, we gathered data from patients with heterozygous FOXG1 variants presenting a mild phenotype, defined as able to speak and walk independently. We also reviewed data from three previously reported patients meeting our criteria. We identified five new patients with pathogenic FOXG1 missense variants, primarily in the forkhead domain, showing varying nonspecific intellectual disability and developmental delay. These features are not typical of congenital Rett syndrome and were rarely associated with microcephaly and epilepsy. Our findings are consistent with a previous genotype-phenotype analysis by Mitter et al. suggesting the delineation of five different FOXG1 genotype groups. Milder phenotypes were associated with missense variants in the forkhead domain. This information may facilitate prognostic assessments in children carrying a FOXG1 variant and improve the interpretation of new variants identified with genomic sequencing.


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Forkhead Transcription Factors , Intellectual Disability , Nerve Tissue Proteins , Phenotype , Rett Syndrome , Humans , Forkhead Transcription Factors/genetics , Rett Syndrome/genetics , Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics , Female , Male , Child , Child, Preschool , Intellectual Disability/genetics , Language Development , Genetic Association Studies/methods , Mutation, Missense/genetics , Developmental Disabilities/genetics , Infant , Adolescent , High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing/methods , Haploinsufficiency/genetics
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