"Costello Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Rare congenital disorder with multiple anomalies including: characteristic dysmorphic craniofacial features, musculoskeletal abnormalities, neurocognitive delay, and high prevalence of cancer. Germline mutations in H-Ras protein can cause Costello syndrome. Costello syndrome shows early phenotypic overlap with other disorders that involve MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM (e.g., NOONAN SYNDROME and cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome).
| Descriptor ID |
D056685
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.660.207.219 C16.131.077.256 C16.320.185
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| Concept/Terms |
Costello Syndrome- Costello Syndrome
- Syndrome, Costello
- Faciocutaneoskeletal Syndrome
- Faciocutaneoskeletal Syndromes
- Syndrome, Faciocutaneoskeletal
- Syndromes, Faciocutaneoskeletal
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