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Nevertheless, variation in <jats:italic>LSM1<\/jats:italic> has yet to be established as disease-causing in humans.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Through exome sequencing and detailed phenotyping, we report six syndromic paediatric patients with the homozygous c.231+4A&gt;C variant in the <jats:italic>LSM1<\/jats:italic> gene, collected via GeneMatcher. GestaltMatcher was used to analyse facial feature similarity, and real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) confirmed the splice defect caused by the variant. Haplotype analysis assessed whether this variant resulted from independent occurrences or a common ancestral haplotype.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Patients presented with dysmorphic facial features, developmental delay and multisystemic involvement, including urological, cardiac and skeletal manifestations, showcasing the phenotypic spectrum of this syndrome. RT-qPCR confirmed that the c.231+4A&gt;C variant causes exon 3 skipping, producing negligible <jats:italic>wild-type LSM1<\/jats:italic> mRNA expression. Elevated mutant isoform expression confirmed pathogenicity according to the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) guidelines. We identified this variant in the Muslim Arab and Ashkenazi Jewish populations and determined that it represents a hotspot variant through haplotype analysis.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Our findings establish <jats:italic>LSM1<\/jats:italic>, and specifically the c.231+4A&gt;C homozygous variant, as causative for a novel autosomal recessive syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder. 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