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Holoprosencephaly is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous midline brain malformation associated with neurologic manifestations including developmental delay, intellectual disability and seizures. Although mutations in the sonic hedgehog gene SHH and more than 10 other genes are known to cause holoprosencephaly, many patients remain without a molecular diagnosis. Here we show that a homozygous truncating mutation of STIL not only causes severe autosomal recessive microcephaly, but also lobar holoprosencephaly in an extended consanguineous Pakistani family. STIL mutations have previously been linked to centrosomal defects in primary microcephaly at the MCPH7 locus. Our results thus expand the clinical phenotypes associated with biallellic STIL mutations to include holoprosencephaly.
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We thank the family members for their participation in the study. N. K. was supported by the International Graduate School in Molecular Medicine Ulm.
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Kakar, N., Ahmad, J., Morris-Rosendahl, D.J. et al. STIL mutation causes autosomal recessive microcephalic lobar holoprosencephaly. Hum Genet 134, 45–51 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00439-014-1487-4
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