This report describes general characteristics of the group of diseases classified as Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines (NSML; previously LEOPARD syndrome). NSML is a genetically heterogeneous disorder, with multiple genes and mapped loci. A listing of NSML syndrome subtypes, as defined by OMIM, may be found in the table below, with links to more detailed reports for subtypes that have been investigated using fly models.
[updated Aug. 2020 by FlyBase; FBrf0222196]
The phenotypes typically observed include multiple lentigines (small pigmented skin spots), electrocardiographic conduction abnormalities, ocular hypertelorism, pulmonic stenosis, abnormal genitalia, retardation of growth, and sensorineural deafness (Gorlin et al., 1969; pubmed:5771505). [from MIM:151100; 2020.08.11]
LEOPARD syndrome is a genetically heterogeneous disorder. [from MIM:151100, 2015.04.10]