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ReNU Syndrome and the RNU4-2 Mutation: A Missed Cause of Childhood Neurodevelopmental Delay.
Journal of mother and child - 1 Jan 2026
Hussain Jawairya Muhammad, Ilyas Laiba, Amir Areeba, Azlan Muhammad
Abstract excerpt
ReNU syndrome is a rare but increasingly recognized syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder caused by heterozygous de novo variants in the non-coding gene RNU4-2, which encodes the U4 small nuclear RNA (snRNA), a critical component of the major spliceosome. Recurrent pathogenic variants cluster within an 18-base-pair critical region of RNU4-2 and disrupt normal spliceosome function by altering 5' splice-site usage....
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