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Features include always present findings: Anteverted nares, Wide anterior fontanel, Focal impaired awareness seizure, and Ulnar bowing and others; and common findings: Prominent forehead, Atrioventricular canal defect, and Microphthalmia.
Organ System | Phenotype Count | Example Features |
|---|---|---|
Brain and nerves | 3 | Focal impaired awareness seizure, Intellectual disability, Severe global developmental delay |
VPS35L function has not been fully characterized.
Ritscher-Schinzel syndrome 3 is associated with mutations in the VPS35L gene on chromosome 16.
Genetic testing for VPS35L is available. Testing is considered confirmatory for diagnosis.
Phenotype severity distribution: 25 always present features, 3 common features.
No clinical trials have been registered for Ritscher-Schinzel syndrome 3.
3 publications have been identified in PubMed for Ritscher-Schinzel syndrome 3. Research spans Basic Science / Preclinical (100%).
Singla A (2025). [PMID: 40448120](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40448120/). *BMC medical genomics*. [Basic Science / Preclinical]
Butkovič R (2025). [PMID: 41038817](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41038817/). *Nature communications*. [Basic Science / Preclinical]
Buck H (2025). [PMID: 41473320](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41473320/). *bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology*. [Basic Science / Preclinical]
Data assembled from 5 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 18, 2026, 3:40 AM UTC
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Common questions about Ritscher-Schinzel syndrome 3
Head and neck |
2 |
Relative macrocephaly, Thin upper lip vermilion |
Growth and development | 1 | Postnatal growth retardation |
Arms and legs | 1 | Shortening of all distal phalanges of the fingers |
Bones and joints | 1 | Poorly ossified vertebrae |
Age of onset: childhood.