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Sensory seeking

MedGen UID:
1814422
Concept ID:
C5676859
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
HPO: HP:4000079

Definition

Unusual interest in sensory aspects of the environment. [from HPO]

Conditions with this feature

Marbach-Schaaf neurodevelopmental syndrome
MedGen UID:
1794260
Concept ID:
C5562050
Disease or Syndrome
Marbach-Schaaf neurodevelopmental syndrom (MASNS) is characterized by global developmental delay with speech delay and behavioral abnormalities, including autism spectrum disorder and ADHD. Affected individuals also show movement disorders, such as dyspraxia and apraxia. More variable features include high pain tolerance, sleep disturbances, and variable nonspecific dysmorphic features (summary by Marbach et al., 2021).
Intellectual developmental disorder, autosomal dominant 71, with behavioral abnormalities
MedGen UID:
1841073
Concept ID:
C5830437
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Autosomal dominant intellectual developmental disorder-71 with behavioral abnormalities (MRD71) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by global developmental delay with hypotonia, speech delay, and variably impaired cognitive development. Almost all affected individuals show marked behavioral manifestations, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ADHD, hypersensitivity, and aggression. Many have dysmorphic features, although there is not a common gestalt (Harris et al., 2021).
Neurodevelopmental disorder with hypotonia, brain anomalies, distinctive facies, and absent language
MedGen UID:
1854654
Concept ID:
C5935628
Disease or Syndrome
ReNU syndrome (RENU), also known as neurodevelopmental disorder with hypotonia, brain anomalies, distinctive facies, and absent language (NEDHAFA), is characterized by hypotonia, global developmental delay, severely impaired intellectual development with poor or absent speech, delayed walking or inability to walk, feeding difficulties with poor overall growth, seizures (in most), dysmorphic facial features, and brain anomalies, including ventriculomegaly, thin corpus callosum, and progressive white matter loss (Greene et al., 2024; Schot et al., 2024; Chen et al., 2024).

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Walinga M, Jesse S, Alhambra N; European Phelan-McDermid syndrome consortium, Van Buggenhout G
Eur J Med Genet 2023 May;66(5):104726. Epub 2023 Feb 14 doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2023.104726. PMID: 36796507

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Worthley E, Grzadzinski R, Zwaigenbaum L, Dager SR, Estes AM, Hazlett HC, Schultz RT, Piven J, Wolff JJ; IBIS Network
J Autism Dev Disord 2024 Jun;54(6):2183-2197. Epub 2023 Apr 5 doi: 10.1007/s10803-022-05869-5. PMID: 37017863Free PMC Article
Harris HK, Sideridis GD, Barbaresi WJ, Harstad E
J Autism Dev Disord 2024 Mar;54(3):955-962. Epub 2022 Dec 24 doi: 10.1007/s10803-022-05874-8. PMID: 36565383Free PMC Article
Fan MSN, Li WHC, Ho LLK, Phiri L, Choi KC
JAMA Netw Open 2023 Dec 1;6(12):e2346715. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.46715. PMID: 38060224Free PMC Article
van den Boogert F, Klein K, Spaan P, Sizoo B, Bouman YHA, Hoogendijk WJG, Roza SJ
J Psychiatr Res 2022 Jul;151:173-180. Epub 2022 Apr 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.04.020. PMID: 35489177
Coulter KL, Barton ML, Robins DL, Stone WL, Fein DA
Autism 2021 Aug;25(6):1653-1665. Epub 2021 Mar 27 doi: 10.1177/13623613211000160. PMID: 33779335Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Worthley E, Grzadzinski R, Zwaigenbaum L, Dager SR, Estes AM, Hazlett HC, Schultz RT, Piven J, Wolff JJ; IBIS Network
J Autism Dev Disord 2024 Jun;54(6):2183-2197. Epub 2023 Apr 5 doi: 10.1007/s10803-022-05869-5. PMID: 37017863Free PMC Article
Fan MSN, Li WHC, Ho LLK, Phiri L, Choi KC
JAMA Netw Open 2023 Dec 1;6(12):e2346715. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.46715. PMID: 38060224Free PMC Article
van den Boogert F, Klein K, Spaan P, Sizoo B, Bouman YHA, Hoogendijk WJG, Roza SJ
J Psychiatr Res 2022 Jul;151:173-180. Epub 2022 Apr 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.04.020. PMID: 35489177
Coulter KL, Barton ML, Robins DL, Stone WL, Fein DA
Autism 2021 Aug;25(6):1653-1665. Epub 2021 Mar 27 doi: 10.1177/13623613211000160. PMID: 33779335Free PMC Article
Bass MM, Duchowny CA, Llabre MM
J Autism Dev Disord 2009 Sep;39(9):1261-7. Epub 2009 Apr 7 doi: 10.1007/s10803-009-0734-3. PMID: 19350376

Therapy

Fan MSN, Li WHC, Ho LLK, Phiri L, Choi KC
JAMA Netw Open 2023 Dec 1;6(12):e2346715. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.46715. PMID: 38060224Free PMC Article
Williams ZJ, Schaaf R, Ausderau KK, Baranek GT, Barrett DJ, Cascio CJ, Dumont RL, Eyoh EE, Failla MD, Feldman JI, Foss-Feig JH, Green HL, Green SA, He JL, Kaplan-Kahn EA, Keçeli-Kaysılı B, MacLennan K, Mailloux Z, Marco EJ, Mash LE, McKernan EP, Molholm S, Mostofsky SH, Puts NAJ, Robertson CE, Russo N, Shea N, Sideris J, Sutcliffe JS, Tavassoli T, Wallace MT, Wodka EL, Woynaroski TG
Mol Autism 2023 Aug 28;14(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s13229-023-00563-4. PMID: 37635263Free PMC Article
Nielsen AN, la Cour K, Brandt Å
BMC Pediatr 2022 Jun 2;22(1):325. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03380-5. PMID: 35655147Free PMC Article
Siper PM, Layton C, Levy T, Lurie S, Benrey N, Zweifach J, Rowe M, Tang L, Guillory S, Halpern D, Giserman-Kiss I, Del Pilar Trelles M, Foss-Feig JH, De Rubeis S, Tavassoli T, Buxbaum JD, Kolevzon A
Genes (Basel) 2021 Feb 27;12(3) doi: 10.3390/genes12030351. PMID: 33673501Free PMC Article
Bass MM, Duchowny CA, Llabre MM
J Autism Dev Disord 2009 Sep;39(9):1261-7. Epub 2009 Apr 7 doi: 10.1007/s10803-009-0734-3. PMID: 19350376

Prognosis

Kurtz-Nelson EC, Rea HM, Petriceks AC, Hudac CM, Wang T, Earl RK, Bernier RA, Eichler EE, Neuhaus E
Autism Res 2023 Aug;16(8):1488-1500. Epub 2023 Jul 27 doi: 10.1002/aur.2995. PMID: 37497568Free PMC Article
van den Boogert F, Klein K, Spaan P, Sizoo B, Bouman YHA, Hoogendijk WJG, Roza SJ
J Psychiatr Res 2022 Jul;151:173-180. Epub 2022 Apr 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.04.020. PMID: 35489177
Zetler NK, Cermak SA, Engel-Yeger B, Baranek G, Gal E
Am J Occup Ther 2022 May 1;76(3) doi: 10.5014/ajot.2022.048082. PMID: 35471501
O Miguel H, Sampaio A, Martínez-Regueiro R, Gómez-Guerrero L, López-Dóriga CG, Gómez S, Carracedo Á, Fernández-Prieto M
J Autism Dev Disord 2017 Aug;47(8):2425-2433. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3163-8. PMID: 28534141
Boyd BA, Baranek GT, Sideris J, Poe MD, Watson LR, Patten E, Miller H
Autism Res 2010 Apr;3(2):78-87. doi: 10.1002/aur.124. PMID: 20437603Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Fan MSN, Li WHC, Ho LLK, Phiri L, Choi KC
JAMA Netw Open 2023 Dec 1;6(12):e2346715. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.46715. PMID: 38060224Free PMC Article
Kurtz-Nelson EC, Rea HM, Petriceks AC, Hudac CM, Wang T, Earl RK, Bernier RA, Eichler EE, Neuhaus E
Autism Res 2023 Aug;16(8):1488-1500. Epub 2023 Jul 27 doi: 10.1002/aur.2995. PMID: 37497568Free PMC Article
Walinga M, Jesse S, Alhambra N; European Phelan-McDermid syndrome consortium, Van Buggenhout G
Eur J Med Genet 2023 May;66(5):104726. Epub 2023 Feb 14 doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2023.104726. PMID: 36796507
Rani I, Agarwal V, Arya A, Mahour P
J Atten Disord 2023 Jan;27(2):145-151. Epub 2022 Oct 14 doi: 10.1177/10870547221129306. PMID: 36239408
Zetler NK, Cermak SA, Engel-Yeger B, Baranek G, Gal E
Am J Occup Ther 2022 May 1;76(3) doi: 10.5014/ajot.2022.048082. PMID: 35471501

Recent systematic reviews

Fan MSN, Li WHC, Ho LLK, Phiri L, Choi KC
JAMA Netw Open 2023 Dec 1;6(12):e2346715. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.46715. PMID: 38060224Free PMC Article

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