Preferred Label : Faciocardiorenal syndrome;
Type : Other, mainly phenotypes with suspected mendelian basis;
Alternative titles and symbols : Eastman-bixler syndrome;
Description : Eastman and Bixler (1977) described a seemingly 'new' syndrome of which the major
components are horseshoe kidneys, severe mental retardation, characteristic facies
(broad nasal bridge, large chin, open mouth), and heart defect (conduction defects,
cardiac enlargement, endocardial fibroelastosis). Two brothers and a sister were affected.
The interpretation of the pedigree was complicated by the fact that a possibly independent,
dominant neurologic disorder was also segregating in the family: the father, paternal
uncle and paternal grandmother had what the authors termed a static peripheral neuropathy.
However, the clinical features included hyperactive deep tendon reflexes in the legs,
ankle clonus, and bilateral Babinski reflexes. Nevin et al. (1991) described this
syndrome in a 5-year-old boy who also had isolated growth hormone deficiency which
responded successfully to treatment. *FIELD* RF 1. Eastman, J. R.; Bixler, D.: Facio-cardio-renal
syndrome: a newly delineated recessive disorder. Clin. Genet. 11: 424-430, 1977. 2.
Nevin, N. C.; Hill, A. E.; Carson, D. J.: Facio-cardio-renal (Eastman-Bixler) syndrome.
Am. J. Med. Genet. 40: 31-33, 1991. *FIELD* CS Autosomal recessive;
Inheritance : Autosomal recessive;
Prefixed ID : 227280;
Origin ID : 227280;
UMLS CUI : C0795936;
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