XLMR SOX3

Disease ID
XLMR
Gene ID
SOX3
Updated
May 12, 2025
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Disease

Name
X-linked panhypopituitarism ; X-linked mental retardation with isolated growth hormone
Inheritance
X-linked recessive
Description
X-linked isolated growth hormone deficiency (GHD) or combined pituitary hormone deficiency (CPHD) patients with or without intellectual disability1 .
Prevalence
Age of OnsetYears0  9
Age of Onset Details
Typical: 0-3 (small sample size)3,4 ; range: 0-93 .

Locus

Details
Expansion to 22-26 repeats or contraction to 8 repeats can cause disease, as reported in 3 families5 .
Mechanism
LoF
Year
20027
Location in Gene
Exon 1
Gene Strand

Alleles

Ref. Motif
NGC
Pathogenic (ref.)
NGC
Pathogenic (gene)
CNG
BenignPathogenicUnits15  1522  26

gnomAD

Pathogenic genotype frequency data is not displayed for this locus because a substantial number of large alleles failed manual review by the gnomAD team.

References

Direct supporting references for info on this page.

1
Pituitary · 2014-12-01
pmid:24346842
3
Clinical dysmorphology · 2009-10-01
pmid:19654509
4
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2011-02-02
pmid:21289259
5
GeneReviews® [Internet] · 2022-10-20
genereviews:NBK535148
6
Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library · 2007-01-01
pmid:17127446
7
American journal of human genetics · 2002-11-08
pmid:12428212

Additional Literature

Raw PubMed search results
(All PubMed results returned by searching for this gene, tandem repeats, and disease, in medline format)