PhenomeGene — Human Disease Gene Website SeriesVPS16 autosomal recessive

Clinical Characteristics

•    Coarse facial features (resembling mucopolysaccharidoses, with wide nasal base, full cheeks, long philtrum)
•    Growth restriction and short stature
•    Global developmental delay (motor and language)
•    Severe congenital neutropenia requiring G-CSF
•    Peripheral neuropathy (sensorimotor)
•    Splenomegaly and chronic liver disease (portal hypertension, cirrhosis)
•    Skeletal dysplasia (thoracolumbar gibbosity, beaking of vertebrae)
•    Additional features: seizures, umbilical hernia, cryptorchidism and ophthalmologic findings (optic disc pallor, retinopathy) reported in single patients
•    Mildly increased urinary glycosaminoglycans