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Goltz syndrome in males: A clinical report of a male patient carrying a novel PORCN variant and a review of the literature.

Sofia FriskCatherine Grandpeix-GuyodoKarin Popovic SilwerfeldtHelgi Thor HjartarsonDimitris ChatzianastassiouIrina MagnussonTobias LaurellAnn Nordgren
Published in: Clinical case reports (2018)
Here, we report a novel mosaic mutation in the PORCN gene in a male Goltz syndrome patient. We also compare the phenotypes of all reported males with a confirmed molecular diagnosis. This report serves to further clarify the phenotype of Goltz syndrome and suggests that expression in males varies.
Keyphrases
  • case report
  • poor prognosis
  • gene expression
  • long non coding rna