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MedGen UID:
1841546
Concept ID:
C5826361
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
HPO: HP:0031432

Definition

A broad range of compulsive behaviors are repeated, including simple motor stereotypies and tics, as well as more complex repetitive movements or compulsions. [from HPO]

Conditions with this feature

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

Tan Z, Xia R, Zhao X, Yang Z, Liu H, Wang W
Mol Cell Neurosci 2024 Dec;131:103980. Epub 2024 Nov 22 doi: 10.1016/j.mcn.2024.103980. PMID: 39580060
Koum DCK, Enyama D, Foko LPK, Noukeu D, Nguedia B, Mbono R, Eposse C, Eboumbou PE, Engome CB, Mapoure YN
BMC Pediatr 2023 Sep 13;23(1):459. doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-04242-4. PMID: 37704945Free PMC Article
Pedersen AL, Pettygrove S, Lu Z, Andrews J, Meaney FJ, Kurzius-Spencer M, Lee LC, Durkin MS, Cunniff C
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 2017 Aug;48(4):537-545. doi: 10.1007/s10578-016-0681-0. PMID: 27558812

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Jutla A, Foss-Feig J, Veenstra-VanderWeele J
Autism Res 2022 Mar;15(3):384-412. Epub 2021 Dec 29 doi: 10.1002/aur.2659. PMID: 34967130Free PMC Article
Sbolli M, Fiuzat M, Cani D, O'Connor CM
Eur J Heart Fail 2020 Nov;22(11):2007-2017. Epub 2020 May 29 doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1865. PMID: 32468714
Lobbezoo F, Ahlberg J, Raphael KG, Wetselaar P, Glaros AG, Kato T, Santiago V, Winocur E, De Laat A, De Leeuw R, Koyano K, Lavigne GJ, Svensson P, Manfredini D
J Oral Rehabil 2018 Nov;45(11):837-844. Epub 2018 Jun 21 doi: 10.1111/joor.12663. PMID: 29926505Free PMC Article
Nicolini C, Fahnestock M
Exp Neurol 2018 Jan;299(Pt A):217-227. Epub 2017 May 2 doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2017.04.017. PMID: 28472621
Kales HC, Gitlin LN, Lyketsos CG
BMJ 2015 Mar 2;350:h369. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h369. PMID: 25731881Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Esposito M, Mirizzi P, Fadda R, Pirollo C, Ricciardi O, Mazza M, Valenti M
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023 Mar 14;20(6) doi: 10.3390/ijerph20065092. PMID: 36982001Free PMC Article
Jutla A, Foss-Feig J, Veenstra-VanderWeele J
Autism Res 2022 Mar;15(3):384-412. Epub 2021 Dec 29 doi: 10.1002/aur.2659. PMID: 34967130Free PMC Article
Yap CX, Henders AK, Alvares GA, Wood DLA, Krause L, Tyson GW, Restuadi R, Wallace L, McLaren T, Hansell NK, Cleary D, Grove R, Hafekost C, Harun A, Holdsworth H, Jellett R, Khan F, Lawson LP, Leslie J, Frenk ML, Masi A, Mathew NE, Muniandy M, Nothard M, Miller JL, Nunn L, Holtmann G, Strike LT, de Zubicaray GI, Thompson PM, McMahon KL, Wright MJ, Visscher PM, Dawson PA, Dissanayake C, Eapen V, Heussler HS, McRae AF, Whitehouse AJO, Wray NR, Gratten J
Cell 2021 Nov 24;184(24):5916-5931.e17. Epub 2021 Nov 11 doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.10.015. PMID: 34767757
Grant JE, Chamberlain SR
CNS Spectr 2016 Aug;21(4):300-3. Epub 2016 May 6 doi: 10.1017/S1092852916000183. PMID: 27151528Free PMC Article
Kales HC, Gitlin LN, Lyketsos CG
BMJ 2015 Mar 2;350:h369. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h369. PMID: 25731881Free PMC Article

Therapy

Aran A, Cayam Rand D
Expert Opin Emerg Drugs 2024 Mar;29(1):65-79. Epub 2024 Jan 23 doi: 10.1080/14728214.2024.2306290. PMID: 38226593
Lim CY, In J
Korean J Anesthesiol 2019 Jun;72(3):221-232. Epub 2019 Apr 1 doi: 10.4097/kja.19049. PMID: 30929415Free PMC Article
Plener PL, Kaess M, Schmahl C, Pollak S, Fegert JM, Brown RC
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2018 Jan 19;115(3):23-30. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2018.0023. PMID: 29366448Free PMC Article
French B, Thomas LH, Coupe J, McMahon NE, Connell L, Harrison J, Sutton CJ, Tishkovskaya S, Watkins CL
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016 Nov 14;11(11):CD006073. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006073.pub3. PMID: 27841442Free PMC Article
Kane J, Honigfeld G, Singer J, Meltzer H
Arch Gen Psychiatry 1988 Sep;45(9):789-96. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1988.01800330013001. PMID: 3046553

Prognosis

Rumgay H, Arnold M, Ferlay J, Lesi O, Cabasag CJ, Vignat J, Laversanne M, McGlynn KA, Soerjomataram I
J Hepatol 2022 Dec;77(6):1598-1606. Epub 2022 Oct 5 doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2022.08.021. PMID: 36208844Free PMC Article
Burton JK, Craig LE, Yong SQ, Siddiqi N, Teale EA, Woodhouse R, Barugh AJ, Shepherd AM, Brunton A, Freeman SC, Sutton AJ, Quinn TJ
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2021 Jul 19;7(7):CD013307. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013307.pub2. PMID: 34280303Free PMC Article
Agrusa JE, Kothari VD, Brown AL, Masand PM, Lewis GD, Teh BS, Paulino AC, Silva-Carmona MD, Melicoff E, Allen CE, Gramatges MM
Leuk Lymphoma 2020 Oct;61(10):2419-2427. Epub 2020 Jun 10 doi: 10.1080/10428194.2020.1772478. PMID: 32519904Free PMC Article
Lai MC, Szatmari P
Curr Opin Psychiatry 2020 Mar;33(2):117-123. doi: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000575. PMID: 31815760
Clausen JSR, Marott JL, Holtermann A, Gyntelberg F, Jensen MT
J Am Coll Cardiol 2018 Aug 28;72(9):987-995. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.06.045. PMID: 30139444

Clinical prediction guides

Hu JX, Zhao CF, Wang SL, Tu XY, Huang WB, Chen JN, Xie Y, Chen CR
World J Gastroenterol 2023 Oct 7;29(37):5268-5291. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v29.i37.5268. PMID: 37899784Free PMC Article
Lee DW, Cho CM
Medicina (Kaunas) 2022 Jun 11;58(6) doi: 10.3390/medicina58060787. PMID: 35744050Free PMC Article
Han J, Heinemann L, Ginsberg BH, Alva S, Appel M, Bess S, Chen KY, Freckmann G, Harris DR, Hartwig M, Hinzmann R, Kerr D, Krouwer J, Morrow L, Nichols J, Pfützner A, Pleus S, Rice M, Sacks DB, Schlueter K, Vesper HW, Klonoff DC
J Diabetes Sci Technol 2020 May;14(3):679-686. Epub 2020 Mar 16 doi: 10.1177/1932296820911471. PMID: 32174135Free PMC Article
Panebianco V, Narumi Y, Altun E, Bochner BH, Efstathiou JA, Hafeez S, Huddart R, Kennish S, Lerner S, Montironi R, Muglia VF, Salomon G, Thomas S, Vargas HA, Witjes JA, Takeuchi M, Barentsz J, Catto JWF
Eur Urol 2018 Sep;74(3):294-306. Epub 2018 May 10 doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2018.04.029. PMID: 29755006Free PMC Article
Lupșor-Platon M, Badea R, Gersak M, Maniu A, Rusu I, Suciu A, Vicas C, Stefănescu H, Urs R, Al Hajjar N
J Gastrointestin Liver Dis 2016 Dec;25(4):525-532. doi: 10.15403/jgld.2014.1121.254.lup. PMID: 27981309

Recent systematic reviews

Lam Ching W, Li HJ, Guo J, Yao L, Chau J, Lo S, Yuen CS, Ng BFL, Chau-Leung Yu E, Bian Z, Lau AY, Zhong LL
BMC Psychiatry 2023 May 4;23(1):314. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-04749-1. PMID: 37143014Free PMC Article
Siafis S, Çıray O, Wu H, Schneider-Thoma J, Bighelli I, Krause M, Rodolico A, Ceraso A, Deste G, Huhn M, Fraguas D, San José Cáceres A, Mavridis D, Charman T, Murphy DG, Parellada M, Arango C, Leucht S
Mol Autism 2022 Mar 4;13(1):10. doi: 10.1186/s13229-022-00488-4. PMID: 35246237Free PMC Article
Jutla A, Foss-Feig J, Veenstra-VanderWeele J
Autism Res 2022 Mar;15(3):384-412. Epub 2021 Dec 29 doi: 10.1002/aur.2659. PMID: 34967130Free PMC Article
Silva EAD Junior, Medeiros WMB, Torro N, Sousa JMM, Almeida IBCM, Costa FBD, Pontes KM, Nunes ELG, Rosa MDD, Albuquerque KLGD
Trends Psychiatry Psychother 2022 Jun 13;44:e20200149. doi: 10.47626/2237-6089-2020-0149. PMID: 34043900Free PMC Article
Manley G, Gardner AJ, Schneider KJ, Guskiewicz KM, Bailes J, Cantu RC, Castellani RJ, Turner M, Jordan BD, Randolph C, Dvořák J, Hayden KA, Tator CH, McCrory P, Iverson GL
Br J Sports Med 2017 Jun;51(12):969-977. Epub 2017 Apr 28 doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097791. PMID: 28455362Free PMC Article

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