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Query: UNIPROT:Q00604 (X-linked)
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X-linked mental retardation (XLMR) affects 1-2/1,000 males and accounts for approximately 10% of all mental retardation (MR). We have ascertained a syndromic form of XLMR segregating within a five-generation family with seven affected males. Prominent characteristics include mild to severe MR, cortical malformation, microcephaly, seizures, thin build with distinct facial features including a long and thin face, epicanthic folds, almond-shaped eyes, upslanting palpebral fissures and micrognathia and behavioral problems. Carrier females have normal physical appearance and intelligence. This combination of features is unreported and distinct from Lujan-Fryns syndrome, Snyder-Robinson syndrome, and zinc finger DHHC domain-containing 9-associated MR. We propose the name of this new syndrome to be CK syndrome.
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PMID:Characterization of a new X-linked mental retardation syndrome with microcephaly, cortical malformation, and thin habitus. 1984 90

Practical experience of a genetic disorder may influence how parents approach reproduction, if they know their child may be affected by an inherited condition. One important aspect of this practical experience is the stigmatisation which family members may experience or witness. We outline the concept of stigma and how it affects those in families with a condition that impacts upon physical appearance. We then consider the accounts given by females in families affected by the rare sex-linked disorder, X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (XHED), which principally affects males but can be passed through female carriers to affect their sons. The stigmatisation of affected males is as important in the accounts given by their womenfolk as the physical effects of the condition; this impacts on their talk about transmission of the disorder to the next generation. Perspectives may also change over time. The mothers of affected sons differ from their daughters, who do not yet have children, and from their mothers, who may express more strongly their sense of guilt at having transmitted the condition, despite there being no question of moral culpability. We conclude with suggestions about other contexts where the possibility of stigma may influence reproductive decisions.
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PMID:Anticipated stigma and blameless guilt: Mothers' evaluation of life with the sex-linked disorder, hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (XHED). 2714 Aug 40