Novel Mutation in Sjögren-Larsson Syndrome Is Associated With Divergent Neurologic Phenotypes

Sjögren-Larsson syndrome: report of monozygote twins and a case with a novel mutation.

Sjögren-Larsson syndrome is an autosomal recessive neurocutaneous disease caused by mutations in the ALDH3A2 gene for fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase, a microsomal enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of medium- and long-chain aliphatic aldehydes fatty acids. We studied three Turkish Sjögren-Larsson syndrome patients with ichthyosis, developmental delay, spastic diplegia, and brain white matter dis...

Sjögren-Larsson syndrome in a Turkish family.

Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, first described by Sjogren in 1956, and then jointly with Larsson in 1957, is known to occur in different populations throughout the world (Blumel, Watkins, and Eggers, 1958; Richards, 1960; Link and Roldan, 1958; Zaleski, 1962; Heijer and Reed, 1965; Selmanowitz and Porter, 1967). The condition appears to be a clinical and pathological entity characterized by ichthyos...

Karl Gustaf Torsten Sjögren and Sjögren-Larsson syndrome

Karl Gustaf Torsten Sjögren (1896-1974), (Figure 1), a Swedish psychiatrist and geneticist, was a pioneer of modern Swedish psychiatry.1-4 Sjögren studied medicine at the University of Uppsala.1 From 1932 to 1935, he was Head Physician and Director of Lillehagen Hospital in Gothenburg, and between 19351945, he was physician-in-chief at the psychiatric department of Sahlgrenska Hospital in Gothe...

Atypical Presentation of Sjögren-Larsson Syndrome

Sjögren-Larsson syndrome is a rare neurocutaneous disorder characterized by ichthyosis, spastic diplegia or tetraplegia, and intellectual disability. Herein, we describe a case of a Greek patient with ichthyosis and spasticity of the legs but with normal intelligence (IQ 95). This syndrome should be suspected when a child presents with ichthyosis and spastic diplegia or tetraplegia, even if int...

A Novel Splice Site Mutation in HPS1 Gene is Associated with Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome-1 (HPS1) in an Iranian Family