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We report the case of a female child initially diagnosed with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), an early-onset retinal dystrophy due to photoreceptor cell degeneration in the retina. The first examination at 9 months of age revealed no reaction to light or objects and showed wandering eye movements. Ophthalmological examination did not show any ocular abnormalities. The patient displayed mildly dysmorphic features and a global developmental delay. Brain MRI demonstrated pontine hypo-\/dysplasia. The patient developed myoclonic epileptic seizures and epileptic spasms with focal and generalized epileptiform discharges on electroencephalogram (EEG) at the age of 16 months. Genetic screening for a potentially pathogenic DNA sequence variant by whole-exome sequencing (WES) revealed a novel, conserved, homozygous frameshift variant (c.5391delA, p.(Ala1798LeufsTer59)) in exon 42 of the DOCK7 gene (NM_001271999.1). Further analysis by SNP array (Karyomapping) showed loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in four segments of chromosome 1. WES data of the parents and the index patient (trio analysis) demonstrated that chromosome 1 was exclusively inherited from the mother. Four LOH segments of chromosome 1 alternately showed isodisomy (UPiD) and heterodisomy (UPhD). In WES data, the father was a noncarrier, and the mother was heterozygous for this DOCK7 variant. The DOCK7 gene is located in 1p31.3, a region situated in one of the four isodisomic segments of chromosome 1, explaining the homozygosity seen in the affected child. Finally, Sanger sequencing confirmed maternal UPiD for the DOCK7 variant. Homozygous or compound heterozygous pathogenic variants in the DOCK7 (dedicator of cytokinesis 7) gene are associated with autosomal recessive, early infantile epileptic encephalopathy 23 (EIEE23; OMIM #615,859), a rare and heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental disorders diagnosed during early childhood. To our knowledge, this is the first report of segmental uniparental iso- and heterodisomy of chromosome 1, leading to homozygosity of the DOCK7 frameshift variant in the affected patient.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms23137382","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,3]],"date-time":"2022-07-03T22:50:46Z","timestamp":1656888646000},"page":"7382","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Homozygosity for a Novel DOCK7 Variant Due to Segmental Uniparental Isodisomy of Chromosome 1 Associated with Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy (EIEE) and Cortical Visual Impairment"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Fatma","family":"Kivrak Pfiffner","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Medical Molecular Genetics, University of Zurich, Wagistrasse 12, 8952 Schlieren, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0965-0539","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Samuel","family":"Koller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Medical Molecular Genetics, University of Zurich, Wagistrasse 12, 8952 Schlieren, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anika","family":"M\u00e9n\u00e9trey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Neurology, University Children\u2019s Hospital, University of Zurich, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Urs","family":"Graf","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Medical Molecular Genetics, University of Zurich, Wagistrasse 12, 8952 Schlieren, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Luzy","family":"B\u00e4hr","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Medical Molecular Genetics, University of Zurich, Wagistrasse 12, 8952 Schlieren, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alessandro","family":"Maspoli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Medical Molecular Genetics, University of Zurich, Wagistrasse 12, 8952 Schlieren, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3161-8703","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Annette","family":"Hackenberg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Neurology, University Children\u2019s Hospital, University of Zurich, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0166-2770","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Raimund","family":"Kottke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic Imaging, University Children\u2019s Hospital, University of Zurich, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6298-615X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christina","family":"Gerth-Kahlert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0370-3815","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wolfgang","family":"Berger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Medical Molecular Genetics, University of Zurich, Wagistrasse 12, 8952 Schlieren, Switzerland"},{"name":"Neuroscience Center Zurich, University and ETH Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland"},{"name":"Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"11","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejpn.2019.12.023","article-title":"Deciphering the Concepts behind \u201cEpileptic Encephalopathy\u201d and \u201cDevelopmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy\u201d","volume":"24","author":"Scheffer","year":"2020","journal-title":"Eur. 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