Verheij syndrome is rare condition characterized by ante- and postnatal growth retardation, microcephaly, vertebral anomalies, joint laxity/dislocation, developmental delay, cardiac and renal defects, and dysmorphic features. Overlapping interstitial microdeletions of chromosome 8q24 have been reported from patients of this disease. Recently, PUF60, which encodes a component of the spliceosome, has been discussed as the best candidate gene for the Verheij syndrome phenotype, regarding the cardiac and short stature phenotype.
Verheij JB, de Munnik SA, Dijkhuizen T, de Leeuw N, Olde Weghuis D, van den Hoek GJ, Rijlaarsdam RS, Thomasse YE, Dikkers FG, Marcelis CL, van Ravenswaaij-Arts CM
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An 8.35 Mb overlapping interstitial deletion of 8q24 in two patients with coloboma, congenital heart defect, limb abnormalities, psychomotor retardation and convulsions.