Caffey disease is associated with distinct arginine to cysteine substitutions in the proα1(I) chain of type I procollagen.
Tibbe DhoogeDelfien SyxTrinh Hermanns-LêIngrid HausserGeert MortierJonathan ZonanaSofie SymoensPeter H ByersFransiska MalfaitPublished in: Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics (2021)
The discovery of this novel pathogenic variant expands the limited spectrum of arginine to cysteine substitutions in type I procollagen. Furthermore, it confirms allelic heterogeneity in Caffey disease and impacts its molecular confirmation.