Timothy syndrome

Timothy syndrome
Specialty	Neurology

Timothy syndrome is a rare autosomal-dominant disorder characterized by physical malformations, as well as neurological and developmental defects, including heart QT-prolongation, heart arrhythmias, structural heart defects, syndactyly (webbing of fingers and toes), and autism spectrum disorders. Timothy syndrome represents one clinical manifestation of a range of disorders associated with mutations in CACNA1C,^[1] the gene encoding the calcium channel Ca_v1.2 α subunit.