Neonatal Glycine Encephalopathy

Description

Neonatal glycine encephalopathy is a frequent, usually severe form of glycine encephalopathy (GE; see this term) characterized by coma, apnea, hypotonia, seizure and myoclonic jerks in the neonatal period, and subsequent developmental delay.

Clinical Features

Top most frequent phenotypes and symptoms related to Neonatal Glycine Encephalopathy

  • Intellectual disability
  • Seizures
  • Global developmental delay
  • Generalized hypotonia
  • Microcephaly
  • Ataxia
  • Muscular hypotonia
  • Feeding difficulties
  • Motor delay
  • Hypertension

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Incidence and onset information

— Currently we don't have prevalence information about this disease (Not enough data available about incidence and published cases.)
No data available about the known clinical features onset.

Alternative names

Neonatal Glycine Encephalopathy Is also known as classic glycine encephalopathy, neonatal nkh, nkh, neonatal non-ketotic hyperglycinemia, hyperglycinemia, nonketotic.

Researches and researchers

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Neonatal Glycine Encephalopathy Recommended genes panels

Panel Name, Specifity and genes Tested/covered
MitoMet®Plus aCGH Analysis.

By Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories (United States).

RGS9, RHO, GRK1, RLBP1, RNASEL, BCS1L, RP1, RP2, RP9, RPE65, RPGR, RPL35A, MRPL3, RPS14, RS1, SAG, SARDH, SCO2, SCP2, SDHB , (...)

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Specificity
1 %
Genes
100 %
GCSH-Related Glycine Encephalopathy, Nonketotic Hyperglycinemia - Del/Dup Analysis.

By Children's Hospital Colorado Molecular Genetics Laboratory Children's Hospital Colorado (United States).

GCSH
Specificity
100 %
Genes
34 %
GCSH-Related Glycine Encephalopathy, Nonketotic Hyperglycinemia - Sequencing.

By Children's Hospital Colorado Molecular Genetics Laboratory Children's Hospital Colorado (United States).

GCSH
Specificity
100 %
Genes
34 %
GCSH. Complete sequencing.

By Instituto de Medicina Genomica Instituto de Medicina Genomica (Spain).

GCSH
Specificity
100 %
Genes
34 %
Glycine encephalopathy (sequence analysis of GCSH gene).

By CGC Genetics (Portugal).

GCSH
Specificity
100 %
Genes
34 %
Epileptic encephalopathy (NGS panel for 67 genes).

By CGC Genetics (Portugal).

SCN1A, SCN1B, SCN2A, SCN8A, SCN9A, ST3GAL3, SLC2A1, SLC9A6, SPTAN1, CDKL5, STXBP1, SYNGAP1, TBCE, TCF4, TREX1, UBE3A, WWOX, CNTNAP2, PCDH19, ARHGEF9 , (...)

View the complete list with 47 more genes
Specificity
5 %
Genes
100 %
Nonketotic hyperglycinemia/glycine encephalopathy (NGS panel of 3 genes).

By CGC Genetics (Portugal).

GCSH, GLDC, AMT
Specificity
100 %
Genes
100 %
Nonketotic hyperglycinemia/glycine encephalopathy (NGS panel of 3 genes).

By CGC Genetics (Portugal).

GCSH, GLDC, AMT
Specificity
100 %
Genes
100 %

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Sources and references

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