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To date, fewer than thirty patients affected by this disorder have been described.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our study included three children with <jats:italic>NFIA<\/jats:italic> haploinsufficiency recruited from three medical genetics centers. Clinical presentations were recorded on a standardized case report form.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>All patients presented a variable degree of intellectual disability. None of the individuals in our cohort had urinary tract malformations. Three novel mutations, c.344G&amp;gt;A, c.261T&amp;gt;G, and c.887_888del are reported here.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic>NFIA<\/jats:italic> haploinsufficiency can be suspected through careful observation of specific dysmorphisms, including macrocephaly and craniofacial abnormalities. 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