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GENATLAS PHENOTYPE
last update : 27-12-2018
Symbol MRT42
Location 2q33.1
Name mental retardation, autosomal recessive 42
Corresponding gene PGAP1
Main clinical features
  • non-progressive psychomotor retardation, neonatal feeding problems, microcephaly and brain atrophy with severely delayed myelination and recurrent apneas; also severe encephalopathy, hypotonia, microcephaly and retinal dystrophy; dysmorphic features include large ears, a flattened nasal root, prominent forehead, large mouth, abnormal teeth, high arched eyebrows, a short neck
  • sequential cerebral MRI at age one and two year(s) respectively revealed frontal accentuated brain atrophy and significantly delayed myelination
  • Genetic determination autosomal recessive
    Function/system disorder mental retardation
    neurology
    Type disease
    Remark(s)