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Table 2.

X-linked hydrocephalus

Citation Title Author affiliation Case # Ancestry Study design CNS phenotype Non-CNS phenotype Type of hydrocephalus Genetic methodology Genetic analysis Inheritance Genetic findings
Alhousseini et al., 2019 [149] Familial Hydrocephalus and Dysgenesis of the Corpus Callosum Associated with Xp22.33 Duplication and Stenosis of the Aqueduct of Sylvius with X-Linked Recessive Inheritance Pattern Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA 2 Subjects, 1 Control Furey Case study Global motor delay Obstructive Chromosomal microarray CNV X-linked Recessive Xp22.33 (439 Kb duplication)
Beggs et al., 1992 [150] Possible influences on the expression of X chromosome-linked dystrophin abnormalities by heterozygosity for autosomal recessive Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 37 Subjects, Controls used Japanese Case series Comedullar atrophy, cortical dysgenesis Congenital muscular dystrophy Communicating TGS Southern blotting AR with X linked interaction Xp21.2-p21.1 (exons 51–54 deletion in DMD)
Berger et al., 2011 [38] Early prenatal ventriculomegaly due to an AIFM1 mutation identified by linkage analysis and whole exome sequencing Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel 2 Subjects, 86 Controls Palestinian Case Study Bilateral septated choroid plexus cysts, enlarged cisterna magna, swallowing difficulties, hypotonia Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dystrophic muscle changes Obstructive WES Linkage analysis X-linked Xq26.1 (c.G923A, p.G308E in exon 9 of AIFM1)
Cacciagli et al., 2013 [151] AP1S2 is mutated in X-linked Dandy-Walker malformation with intellectual disability, basal ganglia disease and seizures (Pettigrew syndrome) Faculté de Médecine de La Timone, Marseille, France 4 Subjects, Control matched sampling - Case series Dandy walker malformation, intellectual disability, self-harm, ataxia, limb scissoring, spasticity, kyphoscoliosis Facial dysmorphism with a long and narrow face, prominent mandible, inconstant choreoathetosis - WES SNP analysis; Sanger Sequencing X-linked Xp22.2 (c.G426 + 1 T mutation in exon 4 of AP1S2)
Chassaing et al., 2005 [152] X-linked dominant chondrodysplasia with platyspondyly, distinctive brachydactyly, hydrocephaly, and microphthalmia Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU Bordeaux, France 4 Subjects - Case study Macrocephaly Microphthalmia, small low-set ears, and a short flat nose, platyspondyly, poor mineralization of the bones, 11 pairs of thin ribs, hypoplasia of the iliac wings, metaphyseal cupped phalanges, and hypoplastic bilobar-shaped calcaneus - TGS Microsatellite marker assay; linkage analysis X-linked dominant X-linked dominant
Furtado et al., 2010 [153] A novel X-linked multiple congenital anomaly syndrome associated with an EBP mutation University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 1 Subject, 5 Controls - Case study Dandy–walker malformation, dysgenesis of the corpus callosum, Cataracts, bilateral cryptorchidism, collodian or ichthyotic skin, 2,3-toe syndactyly, robin anomaly, a high-nasal bridge, auricular dysplasia, and septal defects Obstructive TGS Variant analysis, Sanger sequencing X-linked recessive Xp11.23 (c.G141T, p.W47C in exon 2 of EBP)
Holden et al., 2006 [154] Fanconi anaemia complementation group B presenting as X linked VACTERL with hydrocephalus syndrome Guy's Hospital, St Thomas Street, London SE1 9RT, UK 2 Subjects, 2 Controls - Case Study Cervical vertebral defects, Arnold Chiari malformation, lumbar spina bifida occulta Absent thumbs, unilateral renal agenesis, incomplete lung lobulation, cardiac defects, tracheoesophageal fistula/atresia, abnormal ear Communicating TGS chromosome breakage assay, direct sequencing X-linked Xp22.2 (G to A substitution in intron 7 of FANCB which causes skipping of exon 7)
Jouet et al., 1995 [155] New domains of neural cell-adhesion molecule L1 implicated in X-linked hydrocephalus and MASA syndrome University of Cambridge Department of Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, United Kingdom 9 Subjects - Case–Control Intellectual disability, and spastic paraplegia type I Aphasia, shuffling gait, adducted thumbs - TGS Automated sequencing; SSCP; HA; direct radioactive cycle sequencing; SNuPE X-linked Xq28 (L1 gene mutations: c.G2302T, p.V768F; c.G361A, p.G121S; exon 1 (c.G26C, p.W9S); exon 8 (nucleotide G-to-A transition, p.E209K); exon 14 (c.C1756T, p.Q586X); exon 21 (c.C2822T, p.P941L); exon 24 (c.A3209G, p.Y1070C); base change at the intron 10 donor splice site resulting in the skipping of exon 10; point mutation in intron 26)
Kaepernick et al., 1994 [156] Clinical aspects of the MASA syndrome in a large family, including expressing females Michigan State University 22 Subjects - Case series Intellectual disability, spasticity Developmental delay, adducted thumbs, syndactyly of toes, rounded shoulders, shuffling gait, kyphosis, lordosis, hammer toes, metatarsus adductus, pes cavus, ankle - Southern blotting DNA probing X-linked Mutation within Xq28
Kenwrick et al., 1986 [157] Linkage studies of X-linked recessive spastic paraplegia using DNA probes Nutfield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, OX39DU, Oxford, UK 6 Subjects - Case series Spastic paraplegia, intellectual disability Absence of extensor pollicis longus - Southern blotting Linkage analysis X-linked Mutation within Xq28
Ko et al., 1994 [158] Prenatal diagnosis of X-linked hydrocephalus in a Chinese family with four successive affected pregnancies National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Republic of China 4 Subjects Chinese Case study Psychomotor delay, spastic quadriplegia, seizures Aphasia Obstructive TES Linkage analysis; direct sequencing X-linked Mutation within Xq28
Kolanczyk et al., 2015 [159] Missense variant in CCDC22 causes X-linked recessive intellectual disability with features of Ritscher-Schinzel/3C syndrome Institute for Medical Genetics and Human Genetics, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2 Subjects, 1 Parent, 1 Control Australian Case study Dandy–Walker malformation, cerebellar vermis hypoplasia, posterior fossa cysts, and ventricular dilatation, intellectual disability Facial dysmorphism, cardiac defects, glaucoma, VSD, cryptorchidism Obstructive WES, cytogenetics NGS-based WES, aCGH, segregation analysis, Sanger sequencing X-linked recessive Xp11.23 (c.A1670G, p.Y557C in exon 15 of CCDC22)
Kroes et al., 2005 [160] Cerebral, cerebellar, and colobomatous anomalies in three related males: Sex-linked inheritance in a newly recognized syndrome with features overlapping with Joubert syndrome University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands 3 Subjects, 1 Control Caucasian, Indonesian Case study

Neural tube defect, convulsions, hypotonia,

Dandy walker—cerebellar malformations, hypotonia, molar tooth sign,

Meckel’s diverticulum,

Facial dysmorphism, bilateral colobomas

Communicating/Obstructive TGS X-inactivation status X-linked recessive X-linked inheritance
Legius et al., 1994 [161] Fine mapping of X-linked clasped thumb and mental retardation (MASA syndrome) in Xq28 University of Michigan, Department of Pediatric Genetics, Ann Arbor 49 Subjects - Case Study Spastic paresis, Intellectual disability Adducted thumbs, global physical delay - Haplotyping Two-point and Multipoint linkage analysis X-linked Xq28 (Genetic etiology of MASA syndrome is localized to between DXS455 and F8C)
McCauley et al., 2011 [162] X-linked VACTERL with hydrocephalus syndrome: further delineation of the phenotype caused by FANCB mutations GSTS Pathology, Guy's Hospital, London, UK 10 Subjects, Controls used - Case series Isolated hydrocephalus Vertebral defects, hear anomalies, esophageal/duodenal/anal atresia, renal abnormalities, genital abnormalities (vacterl-h like phenotype) - TGS Direct sequencing X-linked, De novo Xp22.2 (FANCB mutations: deletion of exons 8–10; c.2165 + 1G > T exon 9 donor splice site mutation; c.1857_1858delAG, p.R619fs; c.T2150G, p.L717X)
Mikat et al., 2016 [163] X-linked recessive VACTERL-H due to a mutation in FANCB in a preterm boy University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg and Essen 1 Subject, 1 Control Caucasian Case study Isolated hydrocephalus Bilateral renal agenesis, posteriorly rotated ears, retrognathia, oligodactyly of the hands, bilateral dysplasia of the radius and ulna, anal atresia, and myocardial hypertrophy - TGS - X-linked recessive Xp22.2 (c.C832T, p.Q278X in FANCB)
Peters et al., 2014 [42] Focal dermal hypoplasia: report of a case with myelomeningocele, Arnold-Chiari malformation and hydrocephalus with a review of neurologic manifestations of Goltz syndrome University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1 Subject Nigerian Case study Arnold Chiari I malformation, lumbosacral meningomyelocele Cryptorchidism, pointed chin and low set under folded ears with hypopigmentation of the helices linear hypoplasia and atrophy of the skin, bilateral iris and chorioretinal colobomas, syndactyly Obstructive TGS a-CGH X-linked, De novo Xp11.23 (c853_855delACG in PORCN)
Rietschel et al., 1991 [164] MASA syndrome: clinical variability and linkage analysis Institut für Humangenetik der Universität Bonn, Germany 3 Subjects - Case series Intellectual disability, spastic paraplegia Aphasia, shuffling gait, and adducted thumbs - Chromosome analysis Linkage analysis X-linked Mutation within Xq28
Rosenthal, Jouet, Kenwrick, 1992 [165] Aberrant splicing of neural cell adhesion molecule L1 mRNA in a family with X-linked hydrocephalus University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, UK 2 Subjects, 2 Controls - Case–Control Intellectual disability, spasticity Adducted thumbs - TGS Direct sequencing X-linked Xq28 (intronic A to C base change 19 bp upstream of a splice acceptor site in the L1 gene)
Saillour et al., 2007 [39] Mutations in the AP1S2 gene encoding the sigma 2 subunit of the adaptor protein 1 complex are associated with syndromic X-linked mental retardation with hydrocephalus and calcifications in basal ganglia Institut Cochin, Université Paris Descartes, CNRS (UMR 8104), Paris, France 8 Subjects Scottish, French Case series Hypotonia, calcification of the basal ganglia, intellectual disability, seizures Osteosclerosis of the calvarium, mild facial dysmorphism Communicating/Obstructive WGS Microsatellite marker assay; linkage analysis, chromatographic mutation analysis X-linked Xp22.2 (c.288 + 5G > A in AP1S2)
Schrander-Stumpel et al., 1990 [166] MASA syndrome: new clinical features and linkage analysis using DNA probes State University of Limburg, The Netherlands 3 Subjects - Case series Intellectual disability, macrocephaly, spastic paraplegia Aphasia, shuffling gait, adducted thumbs, divergent strabismus, myopia, astigmatism, anteverted hip and shoulders, bowed knees, pupils irregularly shaped and not reactive to light, camptodactyly of fingers, dysarthria - Southern blotting Linkage analysis X-linked recessive Mutation within Xq28
Serville et al., 1992 [167] X-linked hydrocephalus: clinical heterogeneity at a single gene locus CHU, Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France 3 Subjects - Case series Cortex thinning, spasticity, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, corpus callosum agenesis, aqueductal stenosis Bilateral adducted thumbs - Southern blotting Linkage analysis X-linked Mutation within Xq28
Sheen et al., 2004 [168] Etiological heterogeneity of familial periventricular heterotopia and hydrocephalus Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, HIM 816, 4 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA 3 Subjects

Caucasian

(Australian & American), Ethiopian

Case series Periventricular heterotopia, callosal agenesis, hypotonia, Chiari I malformation and aqueductal stenosis, seizures Pulmonary artery stenosis, cardiac defects, bilateral per planovalgus, bilateral knee recurvatum, bilateral hip dysplasia, dysmorphic facial features Obstructive TGS Linkage analysis X-linked, Autosomal Xq28
Simon et al., 2010 [169] A mutation in the 3'-UTR of the HDAC6 gene abolishing the post-transcriptional regulation mediated by hsa-miR-433 is linked to a new form of dominant X-linked chondrodysplasia Laboratoire de Génétique Humaine, EA 4137, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux 33,076, France 2 Subjects, 1 Control - Case series Isolated hydrocephalus Platyspondyly, rhizomelic shortening of the members, specific brachydactyly, hydrocephaly, facial dysmorphism and microphthalmia - TES, cytogenetics Linkage analysis; aCGH X-linked dominant Xp11.23 (c.*281A > T in exon 29 of HDAC6 gene)
Tripolszki et al., 2020 [170] An X-linked syndrome with severe neurodevelopmental delay, hydrocephalus, and early lethality caused by a missense variation in the OTUD5 gene CENTOGENE GmbH, Rostock, Germany 13 Subjects, Controls used Irish Caucasian Case study Severe neurodevelopmental delay, hypotonia Growth retardation, congenital heart defects, hypospadias Obstructive WGS Variant analysis X-linked Xp11.23 (c.G598A, p.E200K in exon 2 of OTUD5)
Watanabe et al., 2018 [171] X-linked VACTERL-H caused by deletion of exon 3 in FANCB: A case report Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan 1 Subject - Case study Isolated hydrocephalus Tetralogy of fallot, absence of pulmonary valve, tracheoesophageal fistula, esophageal atresia, bilateral radial aplasia, left renal dysplasia, duodenal atresia, imperforate anus, and cleft vertebrae - WES CNV, MLPA analysis X-linked Xp22.2 (exon 3 deletion in FANCB)
Willems et al., 1990 [172] Assignment of X-linked hydrocephalus to Xq28 by linkage analysis University of Antwerp-UIA, Wilrijk, Belgium 7 Subjects, 34 Family Members, 55 Controls Dutch, UK, USA Case Series Stenosis of the aqueduct of Sylvius, intellectual disability, spastic paraparesis Clasped thumbs - X chromosome DNA marker probing Southern Blot analysis, Linkage analysis X-linked mutation located on Xq28
Willems et al., 1992 [173] Further localization of X-linked hydrocephalus in the chromosomal region Xq28 University of Antwerp-UIA, Belgium 20 Subjects, 84 Family Members Netherlands, European, Israeli, German, French Case series Stenosis of the aqueduct of Sylvius, intellectual disability, and spastic paraparesis Clasped thumbs - Southern blotting Two-point and multipoint linkage analysis X-linked Gene mutations within Xq28 (between DXS52 and F8C)
Zhang et al., 2021 [43] A rare mutant of OFD1 gene responsible for Joubert syndrome with significant phenotype variation West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center, Chengdu, 610,041, China 1 Subject, 5 Family Members, 201 Controls - Case study Agenesis of cerebellar vermis and abnormal brain stem Tetralogy of fallot Obstructive WES Sanger sequencing X-linked recessive Xp22.2 (c.599 T > C, p.L200P in exon 8 of OFD1)

Amplification created restriction site (ACRS). Array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH). Atrial Septal Defect (ASD). Autosomal Recessive (AR). Central Nervous System (CNS), Copy number variant (CNV). Deep tendon reflexes (DTR). Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC). Fluorescence assisted mismatch analysis (FAMA). Mental retardation, aphasia, shuffling gait, and adducted thumbs syndrome (MASA syndrome). Multiplex ligation dependent probe amplification (MLPA). Restriction endonuclease fingerprinting (REF). Targeted exome sequencing (TES). Targeted genome sequencing (TGS). Ventricular septal defect (VSD). Whole exome sequencing (WES). Whole genome sequencing (WGS). Internal carotid artery (ICA)