Report of two Syrian siblings with Mulibrey nanism

Mulibrey Nanism in a 35 Year-Old Iranian Female with Constrictive Pericarditis

Mulibrey nanism is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by severe growth retardation and pericardial constriction associated with muscle, liver, brain, and eye abnormalities. More than 80% of previously reported cases are Finnish. We report a 35-year-old Iranian female who presented with classic phenotypic features of Mulibrey nanism with symptomatic constrictive pericarditis and u...

Positional Cloning of the Mulibrey Nanism Gene (mul)

Helsinki University Biomedical Dissertations No.81 CHARACTERIZATION OF THE TRIM37 GENE AND MUTATIONS UNDERLYING MULIBREY NANISM

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MULIBREY NANISM Characterization of Hypogonadism, Infertility and Tumors

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Constrictive Pericarditis and Primary Amenorrhea with Syndactyly in an Iranian Female: Mulibrey Nanism Syndrome

Mulibrey nanism is a rare autosomal recessive syndrome caused by a mutation in the TRIM37 gene with severe growth retardation and multiple organ involvement. Early diagnosis is important because 50% of the patients develop congestive heart failure owing to constrictive pericarditis, and this condition plays a critical role in the final prognosis. A 37-year-old female patient presented with symp...