Preferred Label : Nijmegen breakage syndrome;
Symbol : NBS;
CISMeF acronym : AT-V1; AT-V2; BBS; NBS;
Type : Phenotype, molecular basis known;
Alternative titles and symbols : Ataxia-telangiectasia variant v1; Microcephaly with normal intelligence, immunodeficiency, and lymphoreticular malignancies; Seemanova syndrome II; Nonsyndromal microcephaly, autosomal recessive, with normal intelligence; Immunodeficiency, microcephaly, and chromosomal instability; AT-V1;
Included titles and symbols : Berlin breakage syndrome; Ataxia-telangiectasia variant v2; BBS; AT-V2;
Description : The Nijmegen breakage syndrome and the phenotypically indistinguishable Berlin breakage
syndrome are autosomal recessive chromosomal instability syndromes characterized by
microcephaly, growth retardation, immunodeficiency, and predisposition to cancer.
Ataxia-telangiectasia variant-1 is the designation applied to the Nijmegen breakage
syndrome and AT variant-2 is the designation for the Berlin breakage syndrome, which
differ only in complementation studies. Cells from NBS/BBS patients are hypersensitive
to ionizing radiation with cytogenetic features indistinguishable from those of ataxia-telangiectasia
(AT; 208900), but NBS/BBS patients have a distinct clinical phenotype. The clinical
features of LIG4 syndrome (606593), caused by mutation in the LIG4 gene (601837),
resemble those of NBS.;
Inheritance : Autosomal recessive;
Molecular basis : Caused by mutations in the Nijmegen breakage syndrome gene (NBS1, 602667.0001);
Neoplasia : Lymphoma; Glioma; Medulloblastoma; Rhabdomyosarcoma;
Laboratory abnormalities : Normal alpha fetoprotein; Low T cell count; Low CD4 count; Low B cell count; Low CD4 /CD8 ratio;
Prefixed ID : #251260;
Origin ID : 251260;
UMLS CUI : C0398791;
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