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Ognean ML, Mutică IB, Vișa GA, Șofariu CR, Matei C, Neamțu B, Cucerea M, Galiș R, Cocișiu GA, Mătăcuță-Bogdan IO. D-Bifunctional Protein Deficiency Diagnosis-A Challenge in Low Resource Settings: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:4924. [PMID: 38732138 PMCID: PMC11084724 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25094924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2024] [Revised: 04/28/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
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D-bifunctional protein deficiency (D-BPD) is a rare, autosomal recessive peroxisomal disorder that affects the breakdown of long-chain fatty acids. Patients with D-BPD typically present during the neonatal period with hypotonia, seizures, and facial dysmorphism, followed by severe developmental delay and early mortality. While some patients have survived past two years of age, the detectable enzyme activity in these rare cases was likely a contributing factor. We report a D-BPD case and comment on challenges faced in diagnosis based on a narrative literature review. An overview of Romania's first patient diagnosed with D-BPD is provided, including clinical presentation, imaging, biochemical, molecular data, and clinical course. Establishing a diagnosis can be challenging, as the clinical picture is often incomplete or similar to many other conditions. Our patient was diagnosed with type I D-BPD based on whole-exome sequencing (WES) results revealing a pathogenic frameshift variant of the HSD17B4 gene, c788del, p(Pro263GInfs*2), previously identified in another D-BPD patient. WES also identified a variant of the SUOX gene with unclear significance. We advocate for using molecular diagnosis in critically ill newborns and infants to improve care, reduce healthcare costs, and allow for familial counseling.
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- Maria Livia Ognean
- Faculty of Medicine, Lucian Blaga University, 550025 Sibiu, Romania; (M.L.O.); (C.M.); (B.N.); (I.O.M.-B.)
- Neonatology Department, Clinical County Emergency Hospital, 550245 Sibiu, Romania
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- Neonatology Department, Clinical County Emergency Hospital, 550245 Sibiu, Romania
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- Research and Telemedicine Center in Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Clinical Hospital Sibiu, 550169 Sibiu, Romania; (G.A.V.); (C.R.Ș.)
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- Research and Telemedicine Center in Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Clinical Hospital Sibiu, 550169 Sibiu, Romania; (G.A.V.); (C.R.Ș.)
- Pediatric Clinical Hospital Sibiu, 550169 Sibiu, Romania
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- Faculty of Medicine, Lucian Blaga University, 550025 Sibiu, Romania; (M.L.O.); (C.M.); (B.N.); (I.O.M.-B.)
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- Faculty of Medicine, Lucian Blaga University, 550025 Sibiu, Romania; (M.L.O.); (C.M.); (B.N.); (I.O.M.-B.)
- Research and Telemedicine Center in Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Clinical Hospital Sibiu, 550169 Sibiu, Romania; (G.A.V.); (C.R.Ș.)
- Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Lucian Blaga University Sibiu, 550025 Sibiu, Romania
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- Department of Neonatology, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology, 540142 Targu Mures, Romania;
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- Department of Neonatology, Clinical County Emergency Hospital Bihor, 410167 Oradea, Romania;
- Department of Neonatology, Poznan University Medical Sciences, 60-512 Poznan, Poland
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- Faculty of Medicine, Lucian Blaga University, 550025 Sibiu, Romania; (M.L.O.); (C.M.); (B.N.); (I.O.M.-B.)
- Pediatric Clinical Hospital Sibiu, 550169 Sibiu, Romania
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Yamamoto A, Fukumura S, Habata Y, Miyamoto S, Nakashima M, Takashima S, Kawasaki Y, Shimozawa N, Saitsu H. Novel HSD17B4 Variants Cause Progressive Leukodystrophy in Childhood: Case Report and Literature Review. Child Neurol Open 2021; 8:2329048X211048613. [PMID: 34660840 PMCID: PMC8512218 DOI: 10.1177/2329048x211048613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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D-bifunctional protein (DBP) deficiency is a peroxisomal disorder with a high degree of phenotypic heterogeneity. Some patients with DBP deficiency develop progressive leukodystrophy in childhood. We report a 6-year-old boy with moderate hearing loss who presented with developmental regression. Brain magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated progressive leukodystrophy. However, very long chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) in the plasma were at normal levels. Whole-exome sequencing revealed compound heterozygous variants in HSD17B4 (NM_000414.3:c.[350A > T];[394C > T], p.[[Asp117Val]];[[Arg132Trp]]). The c.394C > T variant has been identified in patients with DBP deficiency and is classified as likely pathogenic, while the c.350A > T variant was novel and classified as uncertain significance. Although one of the two variants was classified as uncertain significance, an accumulation of phytanic and pristanic acids was identified in the patient, confirming type III DBP deficiency. DBP deficiency should be considered as a diagnosis in children with progressive leukodystrophy and hearing loss even if VLCFAs are within normal levels.
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- Akiyo Yamamoto
- Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Hokkaido Medical Center for Child Health and Rehabilitation, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Genomics Research, Life Science Research Center, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- Division of Genomics Research, Life Science Research Center, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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Incecik F, Mungan NO. D-bifunctional Protein Deficiency: A Case Report of a Turkish Child. Ann Indian Acad Neurol 2019; 22:119-121. [PMID: 30692775 PMCID: PMC6327713 DOI: 10.4103/aian.aian_273_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- Faruk Incecik
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Metabolism, Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey
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Ferdinandusse S, Ebberink MS, Vaz FM, Waterham HR, Wanders RJA. The important role of biochemical and functional studies in the diagnostics of peroxisomal disorders. J Inherit Metab Dis 2016; 39:531-43. [PMID: 26943801 PMCID: PMC4920857 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-016-9922-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2015] [Revised: 02/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Peroxisomes are dynamic organelles that play an essential role in a variety of metabolic pathways. Peroxisomal dysfunction can lead to various biochemical abnormalities and result in abnormal metabolite levels, such as increased very long-chain fatty acid or reduced plasmalogen levels. The metabolite abnormalities in peroxisomal disorders are used in the diagnostics of these disorders. In this paper we discuss in detail the different diagnostic tests available for peroxisomal disorders and focus specifically on the important role of biochemical and functional studies in cultured skin fibroblasts in reaching the right diagnosis. Several examples are shown to underline the power of such studies.
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- Sacha Ferdinandusse
- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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De Munter S, Verheijden S, Régal L, Baes M. Peroxisomal Disorders: A Review on Cerebellar Pathologies. Brain Pathol 2015. [PMID: 26201894 DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Peroxisomes are organelles with diverse metabolic tasks including essential roles in lipid metabolism. They are of utmost importance for the normal functioning of the nervous system as most peroxisomal disorders are accompanied with neurological symptoms. Remarkably, the cerebellum exquisitely depends on intact peroxisomal function both during development and adulthood. In this review, we cover all aspects of cerebellar pathology that were reported in peroxisome biogenesis disorders and in diseases caused by dysfunction of the peroxisomal α-oxidation, β-oxidation or ether lipid synthesis pathways. We also discuss the phenotypes of mouse models in which cerebellar pathologies were recapitulated and search for connections with the metabolic abnormalities. It becomes increasingly clear that besides the most severe forms of peroxisome dysfunction that are associated with developmental cerebellar defects, milder impairments can give rise to ataxia later in life.
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- Stephanie De Munter
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Cell Metabolism, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, TARGID, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology and Metabolic Disorders, UZ Brussel-University Hospital Brussels, 1000, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Cell Metabolism, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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Verheijden S, Beckers L, De Munter S, Van Veldhoven PP, Baes M. Central nervous system pathology in MFP2 deficiency: Insights from general and conditional knockout mouse models. Biochimie 2014; 98:119-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2013.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2013] [Accepted: 08/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Verheijden S, Bottelbergs A, Krysko O, Krysko DV, Beckers L, De Munter S, Van Veldhoven PP, Wyns S, Kulik W, Nave KA, Ramer MS, Carmeliet P, Kassmann CM, Baes M. Peroxisomal multifunctional protein-2 deficiency causes neuroinflammation and degeneration of Purkinje cells independent of very long chain fatty acid accumulation. Neurobiol Dis 2013; 58:258-69. [PMID: 23777740 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2013.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2013] [Revised: 05/27/2013] [Accepted: 06/07/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Although peroxisome biogenesis and β-oxidation disorders are well known for their neurodevelopmental defects, patients with these disorders are increasingly diagnosed with neurodegenerative pathologies. In order to investigate the cellular mechanisms of neurodegeneration in these patients, we developed a mouse model lacking multifunctional protein 2 (MFP2, also called D-bifunctional protein), a central enzyme of peroxisomal β-oxidation, in all neural cells (Nestin-Mfp2(-/-)) or in oligodendrocytes (Cnp-Mfp2(-/-)) and compared these models with an already established general Mfp2 knockout. Nestin-Mfp2 but not Cnp-Mfp2 knockout mice develop motor disabilities and ataxia, similar to the general mutant. Deterioration of motor performance correlates with the demise of Purkinje cell axons in the cerebellum, which precedes loss of Purkinje cells and cerebellar atrophy. This closely mimics spinocerebellar ataxias of patients affected with mild peroxisome β-oxidation disorders. However, general knockouts have a much shorter life span than Nestin-Mfp2 knockouts which is paralleled by a disparity in activation of the innate immune system. Whereas in general mutants a strong and chronic proinflammatory reaction proceeds throughout the brain, elimination of MFP2 from neural cells results in minor neuroinflammation. Neither the extent of the inflammatory reaction nor the cerebellar degeneration could be correlated with levels of very long chain fatty acids, substrates of peroxisomal β-oxidation. In conclusion, MFP2 has multiple tasks in the adult brain, including the maintenance of Purkinje cells and the prevention of neuroinflammation but this is not mediated by its activity in oligodendrocytes nor by its role in very long chain fatty acid degradation.
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- Simon Verheijden
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium.
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Poll-The BT, Gärtner J. Clinical diagnosis, biochemical findings and MRI spectrum of peroxisomal disorders. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2012; 1822:1421-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2012.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2012] [Revised: 03/16/2012] [Accepted: 03/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Grønborg S, Krätzner R, Spiegler J, Ferdinandusse S, Wanders RJA, Waterham HR, Gärtner J. Typical cMRI pattern as diagnostic clue for D-bifunctional protein deficiency without apparent biochemical abnormalities in plasma. Am J Med Genet A 2011; 152A:2845-9. [PMID: 20949532 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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D-bifunctional protein deficiency (DBPD) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by a defect in peroxisomal β-oxidation. The majority of patients suffer from a severe neurological disease with neonatal hypotonia and seizures and die within the first 2 years of life. Few patients show milder clinical phenotypes with prolonged survival. The diagnosis relies on the clinical presentation, measurement of peroxisomal markers, including very long chain fatty acids (VLCFA) in plasma, followed by enzymatic studies in fibroblasts and genetic testing. Diagnosis can be difficult to establish in milder cases, especially if VLCFA concentration in plasma is not or only mildly elevated. We report on siblings in which initial measurement of plasma VLCFA did not indicate a peroxisomal disease. Nevertheless, cMRI showed a pattern typical for an inborn peroxisomal disease with cerebral and cerebellar leukencephalopathy, perisylvic polymicrogyria, and frontoparietal pachygyria. Repeated measurements of peroxisomal metabolites in plasma prompted by the cMRI findings showed values in the upper normal or mildly elevated range and led to further diagnostic steps. The diagnosis of a type III DBPD with a missense mutation (T15A) in the HSD17B4 gene, coding for D-bifunctional protein (DBP), could be established. We conclude that a typical "peroxisomal pattern" in cMRI including cerebral and cerebellar leukencephalopathy, perisylvic polymicrogyria and pachygyria is a valuable clue to the diagnosis of DBPD, especially in cases with no or only very mild abnormalities in plasma.
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- Sabine Grønborg
- Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany.
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Lymphoblastoid cell lines for diagnosis of peroxisome biogenesis disorders. JIMD Rep 2011. [PMID: 23430824 DOI: 10.1007/8904_2011_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] Open
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Peroxisome biogenesis disorders (PBDs) are a group of autosomal-recessive developmental and progressive metabolic diseases leading to the Zellweger spectrum (ZS) phenotype in most instances. Diagnosis of clinically suspected cases can be difficult because of extensive genetic heterogeneity and large spectrum of disease severity. Furthermore, a second group of peroxisomal diseases caused by deficiencies of single peroxisomal enzymes can show an indistinguishable clinical phenotype. The diagnosis of these peroxisomal disorders relies on the clinical presentation, the biochemical parameters in plasma and erythrocyte membranes, and genetic testing as the final step. Analysis of patients' cells is frequently required during the diagnostic process, e.g., for complementation analysis to identify the affected gene before sequencing. In the cases with unclear clinical or biochemical presentation, patients' cells are analyzed to prove PBD or to demonstrate biochemical abnormalities that might be elusive in plasma. Cell lines from skin fibroblast that are usually generated for diagnostic workup are not available in all instances, mainly because the required skin biopsy is invasive and sometimes denied by parents. An alternative cellular system has not been analyzed sufficiently. In this study, we evaluated the alternative use of lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs), derived from a peripheral blood sample, in the diagnostic process for PBD. LCLs were suitable for immunofluorescence visualization of peroxisomal enzymes, complementation analysis, and the biochemical analysis to differentiate between control and PBD LCL. LCLs are therefore an easily obtainable alternative cellular system for a detailed PBD diagnostic workup with a reliability of diagnostic results equal to those of skin fibroblasts.
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Pierce SB, Walsh T, Chisholm KM, Lee MK, Thornton AM, Fiumara A, Opitz JM, Levy-Lahad E, Klevit RE, King MC. Mutations in the DBP-deficiency protein HSD17B4 cause ovarian dysgenesis, hearing loss, and ataxia of Perrault Syndrome. Am J Hum Genet 2010; 87:282-8. [PMID: 20673864 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2010] [Revised: 07/14/2010] [Accepted: 07/15/2010] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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Perrault syndrome is a recessive disorder characterized by ovarian dysgenesis in females, sensorineural deafness in both males and females, and in some patients, neurological manifestations. No genes for Perrault syndrome have heretofore been identified. A small family of mixed European ancestry includes two sisters with well-characterized Perrault syndrome. Whole-exome sequencing of genomic DNA from one of these sisters revealed exactly one gene with two rare functional variants: HSD17B4, which encodes 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 4 (HSD17B4), also known as D-bifunctional protein (DBP). HSD17B4/DBP is a multifunctional peroxisomal enzyme involved in fatty acid beta-oxidation and steroid metabolism. Both sisters are compound heterozygotes for HSD17B4 c.650A>G (p.Y217C) (maternal allele) and HSB17B4 c.1704T>A (p.Y568X) (paternal allele). The missense mutation is predicted by structural analysis to destabilize the HSD17B4 dehydrogenase domain. The nonsense mutation leads to very low levels of HSD17B4 transcript. Expression of mutant HSD17B4 protein in a compound heterozygote was severely reduced. Mutations in HSD17B4 are known to cause DBP deficiency, an autosomal-recessive disorder of peroxisomal fatty acid beta-oxidation that is generally fatal within the first two years of life. No females with DBP deficiency surviving past puberty have been reported, and ovarian dysgenesis has not previously been associated with this illness. Six other families with Perrault syndrome have wild-type sequences of HSD17B4. These results indicate that Perrault syndrome and DBP deficiency overlap clinically; that Perrault syndrome is genetically heterogeneous; that DBP deficiency may be underdiagnosed; and that whole-exome sequencing can reveal critical genes in small, nonconsanguineous families.
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