Al-Raqad syndrome

Al-Raqad syndrome
Other names	ARS

Al-Raqad syndrome is a congenital autosomal recessive syndrome discovered by Jordanian physician Mohammad Al-Raqad. It is characterized by:

• Microcephaly
• Growth delay
• Psycho-motor developmental delay
• Congenital hypotonia.

Al-Raqad syndrome is caused by mutation of DCPS gene.[1]

References

1. "OMIM Entry - # 616459 - AL-RAQAD SYNDROME; ARS". www.omim.org. Retrieved 2017-11-19.

External links

• NCBI
• MalaCards: The human disease database
• The Universal Protein Resource (UniProt)