| Disease ID | Source | Name | Description |
| 616843 | OMIM | Lymphatic malformation 6 (LMPHM6) | A form of primary lymphedema, a disease characterized by swelling of body parts due to developmental anomalies and functional defects of the lymphatic system. Patients with lymphedema may suffer from recurrent local infections. LMPHM6 is an autosomal recessive, severe form manifesting as generalized lymphatic dysplasia. It is characterized by uniform, widespread swelling of all segments of the body, with systemic involvement such as intestinal and/or pulmonary lymphangiectasia, pleural effusions, chylothoraces and/or pericardial effusions, and with a high incidence of non- immune hydrops fetalis. The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry. |
| 194380 | OMIM | Dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis 1 with or without pseudohyperkalemia and/or perinatal edema (DHS1) | An autosomal dominant hemolytic anemia characterized by primary erythrocyte dehydration. DHS erythrocytes exhibit decreased total cation and potassium content that are not accompanied by a proportional net gain of sodium and water. DHS patients typically exhibit mild to moderate compensated hemolytic anemia, with an increased erythrocyte mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration and a decreased osmotic fragility, both of which reflect cellular dehydration. Patients may also show perinatal edema and pseudohyperkalemia due to loss of potassium from red cells stored at room temperature. A minor proportion of red cells appear as stomatocytes on blood films. Complications such as splenomegaly and cholelithiasis, resulting from increased red cell trapping in the spleen and elevated bilirubin levels, respectively, may occur. The course of DHS is frequently associated with iron overload, which may lead to hepatosiderosis. The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry. All disease-causing mutations characterized so far produce a gain-of-function phenotype, mutated channels exhibiting increased cation transport in erythroid cells, that could be due to slower channel inactivation rate compared to the wild-type protein. |