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Ring chromosome 14 syndrome is characterized by intellectual deficit, retinal and skin pigmentation disorders, seizures, and dysmorphic features, including flat occiput, epicanthal folds, downward slanting eyes, flat nasal bridge, upturned nostrils, short neck, and large low set ears.
Features include always present findings: Focal impaired awareness seizure, Blepharophimosis, Depressed nasal ridge, and Generalized-onset seizure and others; and very common findings: Intellectual disability and Seizure. 44 total HPO annotations.
Organ System | Phenotype Count | Example Features |
|---|---|---|
Brain and nerves | 12 | Poor speech, Focal impaired awareness seizure, Intellectual disability |
Phenotype severity distribution: 7 always present features, 2 very common features, 9 common features.
Estimated prevalence: <1 in 1,000,000 (VERY_RARE).
1 clinical trial registered. Interventions under study include gene therapy. Pipeline includes 1 NA. Research is primarily sponsored by academic and government institutions.
11 publications have been identified in PubMed for ring chromosome 14. Research spans Case Report / Case Series (45%), Other (9%), and Review / Meta-Analysis (9%).
Research Type | Count | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
Patient case studies | 5 | 45% |
Data assembled from 6 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 20, 2026, 11:11 AM UTC
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
European rare disease database
Genetic and Rare Diseases Info Center
Eyes |
5 |
Pigmentary retinopathy, Strabismus, Glaucoma |
Head and neck | 3 | High palate, Microcephaly, Secondary microcephaly |
Growth and development | 3 | Growth delay, Intrauterine growth retardation, Postnatal growth retardation |
Muscles | 2 | Low muscle tone (hypotonia), Generalized hypotonia |
Blood and immune system | 1 | Recurrent infections |
Bones and joints | 1 | Sideways curvature of the spine (scoliosis) |
Other research |
1 |
9% |
Research summaries | 1 | 9% |
Clinical study results | 1 | 9% |
Laboratory research | 1 | 9% |
Disease patterns and progression | 1 | 9% |
New treatment approaches | 1 | 9% |
SanInocencio C (2026). [PMID: 41533279](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41533279/). *Qual Life Res*. [Other]
Hanzal N (2025). [PMID: 40348517](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40348517/). *Chest*. [Case Report / Case Series]
Bodur M (2025). [PMID: 40129048](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40129048/). *Clin Pediatr (Phila)*. [Clinical Trial Publication]
Rahim MS (2025). [PMID: 41242219](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41242219/). *Plant Physiol Biochem*. [Basic Science / Preclinical]
Mitsuno K (2025). [PMID: 39891728](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39891728/). *Cancer Immunol Immunother*. [Gene Therapy / Novel Therapeutics]
Yang XL (2025). [PMID: 41087847](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41087847/). *Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi*. [Case Report / Case Series]
Novikova LB (2025). [PMID: 41283840](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41283840/). *Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova*. [Case Report / Case Series]
Matyskova D (2024). [PMID: 39707539](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39707539/). *Orphanet J Rare Dis*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]
Barbour K (2024). [PMID: 38795333](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38795333/). *Epilepsia*. [Epidemiology / Natural History]
Meza-Espinoza JP (2024). [PMID: 39020403](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39020403/). *Mol Cytogenet*. [Case Report / Case Series]