Costello syndrome: an overview

RCM Hennekam - American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The Costello syndrome is characterized by prenatally increased growth, postnatal growth
retardation, coarse face, loose skin resembling cutis laxa, nonprogressive cardiomyopathy …

Growth hormone deficiency in Costello syndrome

RI Stein, L Legault, D Daneman… - American Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
We report on three patients with Costello syndrome and isolated growth hormone (GH)
deficiency treated with biosynthetic GH. To our knowledge, these are the only patients with …

Exclusion of PTPN11 mutations in Costello syndrome: further evidence for distinct genetic etiologies for Noonan, cardio–facio–cutaneous and Costello syndromes

M Tartaglia, PD Cotter, G Zampino, BD Gelb… - Clinical …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Costello syndrome (CS) is a rare, multiple congenital anomaly syndrome with characteristic
dysmorphic features, cardiac anomalies and a tendency to develop certain cancers …

Costello syndrome and Chiari I malformation: apropos of a case with a review of the literature regarding a potential association

RS Tubbs, WJ Oakes - Journal of child neurology, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
We report a child with Costello syndrome and Chiari I malformation. The medical literature
has several case reports of findings peculiar for each of these two clinical entities that, when …

Studies on the pathogenesis of Costello syndrome

GMS Mancini, OP Van Diggelen, WJ Kleijer… - Journal of Medical …, 2003 - jmg.bmj.com
Increased paternal age and sporadic occurrence have suggested autosomal dominant de
novo mutations. 3 Recently, several solid tumours have been described in patients with …

Disruption of the PDGFB gene in a 1; 22 translocation patient does not cause Costello syndrome

M Šutajová, U Neukirchen, P Meinecke, AE Czeizel… - Genomics, 2004 - Elsevier
We studied a female patient initially diagnosed with Costello syndrome who carries an
apparently balanced translocation, t (1; 22)(q24. 3; q13. 1). Molecular characterization of the …

Costello syndrome

D Liu - Handbook of Tumor Syndromes, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Costello syndrome shows an autosomal dominant inheritance, typically involving a
heterozygous de novo missense HRAS mutation. In some cases, somatic mosaicism …

Educational Implications of Costello Syndrome: The Team Approach.

NL Murdick, BC Gartin - Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, 2014 - ERIC
Since the 1990s the number of children with disabilities placed within the general education
classroom has steadily increased. Many of these children are provided special education …

Costello syndrome: Cognitive and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy findings—a case report

T Perniola, F Dicuonzo, L Margari… - Journal of child …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
The authors describe a girl with Costello syndrome who showed cerebral palsy and
neurosensorial deafness. Brain computer tomography and magnetic resonance findings …

Exome sequencing for identification of disease genes for rare syndromes: Experience from Hamburg, Germany

F Kortüm, H Abdollahpour, M Alawi, GC Korenke… - medizinische …, 2014 - Springer
Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Die Exomanalyse ist als Methode zur Identifizierung von
pathogenen Sequenzvarianten bei Patienten mit einem nach den mendelschen Regeln …