Alfredo Brusco

Feb 12, 2024 | nature.com | Stefano Giuseppe Caraffi |Kathleen Rooney |Giorgia Mandrile |Alfredo Brusco |Lisa Pavinato |Verdiana Pullano | +4 more

AbstractMowat-Wilson syndrome (MOWS) is a rare congenital disease caused by haploinsufficiency of ZEB2, encoding a transcription factor required for neurodevelopment. MOWS is characterized by intellectual disability, epilepsy, typical facial phenotype and other anomalies, such as short stature, Hirschsprung disease, brain and heart defects. Despite some recognizable features, MOWS rarity and phenotypic variability may complicate its diagnosis, particularly in the neonatal period.

Jun 21, 2023 | nature.com | Stephanie Valence |Fowzan S. Alkuraya |Enrico Bertini |Elise Brischoux-Boucher |Ange-Line Bruel |Alfredo Brusco | +27 more

AbstractBRAT1 biallelic variants are associated with rigidity and multifocal seizure syndrome, lethal neonatal (RMFSL), and neurodevelopmental disorder associating cerebellar atrophy with or without seizures syndrome (NEDCAS). To date, forty individuals have been reported in the literature. We collected clinical and molecular data from 57 additional cases allowing us to study a large cohort of 97 individuals and draw phenotype-genotype correlations.