Chinese Journal of Evidence -Based Pediatric ›› 2020, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (2): 118-125.

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Genetic screening indications of neonatal PTPN11 gene-related Noonan syndrome based on case series of 21 neonatal patients and literature review

KANG Zhi-ruo1, CHENG Guo-qiang1, WANG Lai-shuan1, WANG Jin1, ZHANG Rong1, WANG Hui-jun3, WU Bin-bin3, CAO Yun1, ZHOU Wen-hao1, YANG Lin2, HU Li-yuan1   

  1. Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, China; 1 Department of Neonatology, 2 Department of Endocrinology and Inherited Metabolic Diseases, 3 Center for Computational Molecular Biology
  • Received:2020-03-19 Revised:2020-04-17 Online:2020-04-25 Published:2020-04-25
  • Contact: YANG Lin; HU Li-yuan

Abstract: Objective To investigate the clinical value of genetic screening for early diagnosis of neonatal PTPN11 gene-related Noonan syndrome. Methods We collected neonates with pathogenic variants related to Noonan syndrome in PTPN11 gene from patients of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Children's Hospital of Fudan University enrolled in the Neonatal Genome Project from January 2016 to December 2017 and patients with PTPN11 gene-related Noonan syndrome with neonatal manifestation descriptions from Pubmed, CNKI and Wanfang databases. We summarized their clinical characteristics and gene variants, and compared them with other PTPN11 gene-related Noonan syndrome patients. Results In 5,280 neonates enrolled in the Neonatal Genome Project, there were 21 patients carrying pathogenic variants related to Noonan syndrome in PTPN11 gene, but they cannot fully meet the clinical diagnostic criteria of Noonan syndrome. Combined with 37 cases having neonatal feature descriptions of PTPN11 gene-related Noonan syndrome in published articles, we proposed specific genetic screening indications of neonatal PTPN11 gene-related Noonan syndrome: a. pulmonary stenosis/pulmonary valve stenosis and hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy; b. lymphatic dysplasia-related chylothorax, pleural effusion, unexplained dyspnea; c. thrombocytopenia, leukocytosis, monocytosis; d. cryptorchidism or other genitourinary system abnormality. Conclusion Specific genetic screening indications and diagnosis criteria of neonatal PTPN11 gene-related Noonan syndrome should be established.

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