FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
CV Term Report
Help Close All Open All
General Information
Term Melnick-Needles syndrome ID (Ontology) DOID:0111788 (Human Disease)
Definition An otopalatodigital syndrome spectrum disorder characterized by short stature, facial dysmorphism, osseous abnormalities involving the majority of the axial and appendicular skeleton resulting in impaired speech and masticatory problems that has_material_basis_in heterozygous or hemizygous mutation in the FLNA gene on chromosome Xq28.
Also Known As "Melnick-Needles osteodysplasty" ; "MNS" ; "osteodysplasty of Melnick and Needles"
Comment
Links to External Ontologies
DO.org
Annotations
Records annotated with this term OR any of its CHILD TERMS
    Results list data from multiple species. Click on a button above and use the 'Filter by species' options on the resulting HitList to retrieve species-specific data.
Records annotated with this exact term (annotations to child terms are NOT included)
No relevant records available
show Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records
 Full annotation statements 
Relevant FlyBase reports
 Genes
 Melnick-Needles syndrome       2
 for disease ribbon | Melnick-Needles syndrome       2
 model of | Melnick-Needles syndrome       2
Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)
Only view relationship:
monogenic disease
 |__X-linked monogenic disease___________________
bone development disease                         |
 |__otopalatodigital syndrome spectrum disorder__|
                                                 Melnick-Needles syndrome  2 rec.
Spanning Tree View Settings
Parents/Children
View Depth
Show hierarchy levels: for parents, for children
hide Relationships
Is a X-linked monogenic disease
otopalatodigital syndrome spectrum disorder
Part of
hide Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
  • "Melnick-Needles osteodysplasty" EXACT
    "MNS" EXACT OMO:0003012
    "osteodysplasty of Melnick and Needles" EXACT
Secondary IDs
hide External Crossreferences & Linkouts
GARD:7011
MEDDRA:10060908
MESH:D010009
MIM:309350
ORDO:1826
SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:13449007
UMLS_CUI:C0025237