Identification of a novel variant of SRD5A2 gene in a child featuring steroid 5α-reductase type 2 deficiency / 中华医学遗传学杂志

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OBJECTIVE@#To explore the clinical characteristics and genetic basis of a child with 5α-reductase type 2 deficiency.@*METHODS@#Clinical data of the child was retrospectively analyzed. Targeted capture-next generation sequencing and Sanger sequencing were carried out to detect potential variants.@*RESULTS@#The patient's main features included micropenis and hypospadia. He was found to harbor compound heterozygous c.680G>A (p.R227Q) and c.3G>T (p.M1I) variants of the SRD5A2 gene. Among these, c.680G>A (p.R227Q) was inherited from his father and was a known pathogenic mutation, while c.3G>T (p.M1I) was inherited from his mother and was unreported previously.@*CONCLUSION@#The compound heterozygous variants of the SRD5A2 gene probably underlay the disease in this child, who was eventually diagnosed with 5α-reductase 2 deficiency.