MASA syndrome: delineation of the clinical spectrum at prepubertal age

Am J Med Genet. 1992;43(1-2):402-7. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.1320430161.

Abstract

Here we describe the clinical and neurological findings in 2 brothers with MASA syndrome and the changes in phenotypic and neurological findings during the prepubertal period. MASA syndrome seems to be an X-linked mental retardation syndrome with progressively appearing manifestations and neurological signs, making clinical diagnosis before age 4 years difficult.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Facial Bones / abnormalities
  • Female
  • Genetic Linkage
  • Humans
  • Intellectual Disability / complications
  • Intellectual Disability / genetics*
  • Intellectual Disability / pathology
  • Male
  • Paraplegia / complications
  • Paraplegia / genetics*
  • Paraplegia / pathology
  • Skull / abnormalities
  • Syndrome
  • X Chromosome