Mowat-Wilson syndrome
Findings
No curated finding names Mowat-Wilson syndrome yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Mowat-Wilson syndrome (MWS) is a multiple congenital anomaly syndrome characterized by a distinct facial phenotype, intellectual disability, epilepsy, Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) and variable congenital malformations.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0009341), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
- Inheritance
- Autosomal dominant inheritance
HPO, annotations 2026-09-02
Features
148 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Delayed speech and language developmentHPOHP:0000750
- 100% of reported patients
- Low hanging columellaHPOHP:0009765
- 3 of 3 reported patients
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Severe intellectual disabilityHPOHP:0010864
- 22 of 22 reported patients
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal corpus callosum morphologyHPOHP:0001273
- 79.6% of reported patients
- Generalized hypotoniaHPOHP:0001290
- 79.1% of reported patients · Infantile onset
- MicrocephalyHPOHP:0000252
- 379 of 480 reported patients
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- Bowel incontinenceHPOHP:0002607
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Broad columellaHPOHP:0010761
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Broad eyebrowHPOHP:0011229
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Broad halluxHPOHP:0010055
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Broad-based gaitHPOHP:0002136
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- CamptodactylyHPOHP:0012385
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Genes
1 gene
Germline variants in the gene encoding each protein, as classified by GenCC submitters, each in their own words. Limited, disputed and refuted submissions are listed too.
- ZEB2HGNC:14881
- Definitive · Ambry Genetics · Autosomal dominant · 2018
- Definitive · ClinGen · Autosomal dominant · 2026
- Definitive · G2P · Autosomal dominant · 2025
- Strong · Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae) · Autosomal dominant · 2023
- Strong · PanelApp Australia · Autosomal dominant · 2025
Where it sits
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: Mowat-Wilson syndrome
- Also called
- Hirschsprung disease intellectual disability syndromeHirschsprung disease-intellectual disability syndromemicrocephaly, intellectual disability, and distinct facial featrues, with or without Hirschprung disease