Table 1. Comparison of clinical features of the affected individuals and RECQL4 related disorders .
Features | Patient-1 | Patient-2 | RTS | RAPADILINO syndrome | Baller–Gerold syndrome |
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Low birth weight | + | + | + | + | + |
Poor growth | + | + | + | + | + |
Facial features, palatal defects | Pointed nose, fine eyebrows, receding chin, no palatal defects | Small pointed nose, fine eyebrows, smooth philtrum, thin upper lip, no palatal defect. | Pinched nose, sparse hair, fine eyebrow, palatal defects reported in few patients. | Palatal defects present | Saddle nose, small mouth with thin vermilion border, high arched palate. |
Radial defects | − | + | + | + | + |
Osteopenia and fractures | + | − | + | + | − |
Poikiloderma | + | + | + | − | + |
Café au lait spot | − | − | − | + | |
Craniosynostosis | − | − | − | − | + |
Patellar abnormalities | − | − | + | + | + |
Alopecia and sparse eye brows/ eyelashes | + | + | + | – | − |
Eye abnormality | − | − | Cataract | Blepharophimosis | Proptosis (secondary to craniosynostosis) |
Gastro intestinal abnormalities (recurrent diarrhea) | − | + | + | + | − |
Abbreviations: RTS, Rothmund–Thomson syndrome; RAPADILINO, radial ray defect, patellar aplasia, diarrhea, little size and limb anomalies, slender nose and normal intelligence, “−” absent, “+” present.