Gene products mutated in the inherited bone marrow failure syndromes dyskeratosis congenita (DC), cartilage-hair hypoplasia (CHH), Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA), and Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) are all predicted to be involved in different aspects of ribosome synthesis.
Based on its chromosomal location, expression pattern, and protein function, we considered TLN as a candidate gene for cartilage-hair hypoplasia (CHH), an autosomal recessive metaphyseal chondrodysplasia, previously mapped to 9p13.
The manifestations of cartilage-hair hypoplasia (CHH), a metaphyseal chondrodysplasia caused by RMRP mutations, include short stature, hypoplastic hair, immunodeficiency and increased risk of malignancies.
Mutations in RMRP primarily give rise to Cartilage Hair Hypoplasia (CHH), a highly diverse skeletal disorder which can be associated with severe immunodeficiency.
Cartilage-hair hypoplasia (CHH) is a rare chondrodysplasia, including disproportionate short stature, hypoplastic hair, immunodeficiency, and increased risk of malignancies.
We report on a 12-year-old girl with a new mutation of the RMRP gene and a severe multisystemic CHH (hematological and pulmonary lesions, severe immune deficiency, arthritis, pancreatic insufficiency, malabsorption, chronic diarrhea) receiving parenteral nutrition who presented with acute symptomatic hypocalcemia and hypercalciuria associated with the presence of autoantibodies directed against the calcium-sensor receptor.
Recent studies of cartilage-hair hypoplasia (CHH), a form of short-limbed dwarfism, have shown that all affected individuals have a cellular proliferation defect that results in a cellular immunodeficiency.
MDWH is caused by <i>RMRP</i> mutations, but it is differentiated from the allelic condition cartilage-hair hypoplasia (CHH), which in addition to chondrodysplasia is characterised by thin hair, immunodeficiency and increased risk of malignancy.
Cartilage-hair hypoplasia (CHH) is a rare autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia characterized by short stature, sparse hair, and a variable degree of immunodeficiency.