Variable phenotypic expression including late presentation of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in LEOPARD syndrome with P.Q510E mutation in PTPN11 gene

• Main Authors: Sayeed, Md. Zahidus, Salam, Md. Abdus, Siddiqui, Muhammad Afsar, Chandra, Pampa, Bhaduri, Joydeep, Bhuiyan, Zahurul A
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: RC667 Specialties of Internal Medicine-Diseases of Circulatory (Cardiovascular) System
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/87007/1/LEOPARD.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/87007/; http://doi.org/10.23937/2378-2951/1410052

LEOPARD syndrome is a complex dysmorphogenetic disorder of variable penetrance and expressivity. Mutations in the PTPN11 gene are frequently reported in patients with Noonan syndrome (NS) and LEOPARD syndrome (LS). Q510E mutation in PTPN11 has always been associated with lethal or rapidly progressiv...