Maternal Upd 14

Uniparental disomy upd both chromosomes in one of the 23 pairs have come from the same parent.

Maternal upd 14.

5 6 although many of the patient s clinical features are seen in. When all the genes come from the mother this is termed maternal upd sometimes shortened to mupd or updmat. Clinical report and a systematic search for cases in samples sent for testing for prader willi syndrome. Wessex clinical genetics service the princess anne hospital coxford road southampton united kingdom.

At 7 years of age he was referred to us by the paediatrician because of symptoms of prader willi syndrome pws. 6 hosoki k ogata t kagami m tanaka t saitoh s. Maternal upd 14 temple syndrome uniparental disomy is the inheritance of both chromosome homologues from one parent with no functional copy from the other. Whilst paternal upd 7 is clinically unapparent maternal upd 7 is one of several causes of silver russell syndrome.

J med genet 2007. Since the first reports of temple et al in 1991 a well characterised clinical phenotype has emerged for both maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 14 upd14. He showed short stature obesity mild developmental delay cryptorchidism and some mild dysmorphic features. Maternal uniparental disomy 14 matupd14 comprises the majority of upd 14 cases and has been most commonly associated with short stature scoliosis hypotonia obesity mental and developmental delays precocious puberty and intrauterine growth retardation.

T has maternal upd 14. Temple syndrome or maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 14 is a rare chromosome 14q32 imprinting disorder associated with a characteristic phenotype that includes hypotonia motor delay feeding difficulties early puberty small hands and feet short stature and obesity. Presentation of paternal upd 14 kagami syndrome is a thoracic dysplasia syndrome with mental retardation and limited survival. The result of upd is a duplicate presence of genes from one parent and no input from the other parent.

Maternal upd 14 in the patient with a normal karyotype. Epimutation hypomethylation affecting the chromosome 14q32 2 imprinted region in a girl with upd 14 mat like phenotype. With the publication of the third antonarakis et al 1993 and fourth healey et al 1994 cases of maternal upd 14 it became clear that the recurring signs and symptoms delineated a new syndrome. Uniparental disomy 14 upd14 this information guide is not a substitute for personal medical advice.

Information on genetic changes is a very fast moving field and while the. The history further indicated intrauterine growth retardation at the end of the pregnancy. Isolated imprinting mutation of the dlk1 gtl2 locus associated with a clinical presentation of maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 14.