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Endocrinology · Endocrinology / Pediatric endocrinology Cohen syndrome
Also known as: Pepper syndrome
Syndrome with truncal obesity, neutropenia, retinal dystrophy and microcephaly.
- Medical specialty
- Endocrinology
- Subspecialty
- Endocrinology / Pediatric endocrinology
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected equally; Children: yes, infancy
- Gene(s) involved
- VPS13B
Etiology & mechanism
VPS13B variants.
Gene(s) involved (1)
VPS13B
Symptoms & signs (9)
hypotoniaintellectual disabilitymicrocephalymyopianarrow hands and feetneutropeniaprominent central incisorsretinal dystrophytruncal obesity