ORPHA:1590
Distal deletion 13q syndrome
Also known as: 13q32 deletion · Deletion 13q32 · Distal monosomy 13q · Monosomy 13q32 · Telomeric deletion 13q
Query health: suspect — Only one of 2 strategies returned hits (phrase).
Publications
44
36.4th percentile
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
302
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
—
Readiness
1/6
Stages with a signal
Clinical definition (Orphanet)
Distal monosomy 13q is a rare chromosomal anomaly syndrome, resulting from a partial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 13, with a highly variable typically characterized by varying degrees of and , as well as CNS malformations (e.g. holoprosencephaly, anencephaly, ventriculomegaly, Dandy-Walker ), ocular abnormalities (e.g. hypertelorism, microphthalmia, strabismus, aniridia, retinal ) and craniofacial dysmorphism (microcephaly, trigonocephaly, large and malformed ears, broad prominent nasal bridge, micrognathia). Cardiac, genitourinary, gastrointestinal and skeletal manifestations have also been reported.
How rare: How common this is has not been clearly measured.
Cross-references
Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.
- MONDO:0011248
- MeSH:C566526
- OMIM:602553
- UMLS:C1865208
Additional Mondo synonyms (5)
deletion 13q32 · distal 13q deletion · distal monosomy type 13q · monosomy 13q32 · telomeric deletion13q
Research stages
Trial readiness signals
Where this condition sits on an open-data research pipeline — not how close a treatment is, and not medical advice. Empty stages often mean “not in these databases under this Mondo ID,” not “impossible.”
1/6 stages with a signal
Research-stage checklist from open sources (GenCC, literature, Monarch when enriched, ClinicalTrials.gov). Not a prognosis or care recommendation.
- Gene identifiedNot found
No GenCC disease–gene assertion in this build
- LiteraturePresent
44 matched papers (19 in last 10 years) Source
- Phenotype characterisedNot checked
Not yet enriched from Monarch / HPO
- Animal modelNot checked
Not yet enriched from Monarch / Alliance
- Orphan designationNot checked
FDA/EMA orphan-drug designation not enriched yet
- Interventional trialNot found
No matched interventional trial under our ClinicalTrials.gov rules
Biology
Genes and phenotypes
Gene–disease validity from GenCC, plus phenotypes and animal models joined from Monarch Initiative via Mondo ID — not a clinical diagnosis aid.
Do we know what causes it?
Not yet — the cause hasn't been pinned down in GenCC.
No strong gene–disease assertion joined for this Orphanet entity.
Phenotypes (Monarch / HPO)
Not enriched in this build — Monarch phenotype joins were not run for this record.
Animal models (Monarch / Alliance)
Not enriched in this build.
Literature
Is anyone studying this?
44
44 papers have ever been published on this condition (under this name). For scale, breast cancer has over 700,000. Median papers in the last 10 years for a rare disease in this dataset (publications denominator n=5449) is 41.
44 papers since the earliest indexed year in this search — median last-10-year count for a rare disease in this dataset is 41 (publications denominator n=5449).
19 in the last 10 years · high confidence · 36.4th percentile (publications denominator)
Phrase hits: 44 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
302
Distinct author names in 44 sampled papers — named people below.
Who's working on it?
No interventional trial matched this name; these authors publish on it in the sampled literature — a practical starting point for contact.
- 01Aruga J2 papers · 2004Papers in Europe PMC
- 02
- 03
- 04Bartsch O2 papers · 2006
Institut für Klinische Genetik, Universitätsklinikum, Technische Universität, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Bernardi P2 papers · 2024
University Hospital Professor Polydoro Ernani de São Thiago, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
Papers in Europe PMC - 06Chaves TF2 papers · 2024
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil. tiagochavo@msn.com.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07de Luca GR2 papers · 2024
Children's Hospital Joana de Gusmão, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
Papers in Europe PMC - 08Giglio S2 papers · 2007Papers in Europe PMC
- 09Joshi A2 papers · 2021
Institute of Medical Genetics and Genomics, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, 110060 India.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10Lurie IW2 papers · 2016
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Maryland at Baltimore.
Papers in Europe PMC
Clinical research
Is a treatment being tested?
0
interventional trials for this specific condition
No interventional trial testing a treatment matched this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov (observational studies and pan-disease registries are listed separately when present).
Data as of 27 July 2026
No matched interventional trials. This is true for 73% of diseases in the trials denominator (5114 of 7003). Here are the researchers publishing on it.
high confidence · 36.5th percentile (trials denominator)
Recruiting interventional trials
From the matched ClinicalTrials.gov set
No interventional trial testing a treatment was found for this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov.
See who's working on it — people publishing on this disease are often the practical next contact when no trial is listed.
Where to find support
We do not yet link condition-specific patient organisations. These umbrella groups support undiagnosed and ultra-rare families:
India — NPRD
Last verified 2026-07-26This ORPHAcode is not on our curated NPRD list (direct or Mondo-parent match). That does not decide clinical eligibility; families in India should ask a notified Centre of Excellence about current coverage.
Hand-curated for this project. ORPHAcode mappings are best-effort and may be incomplete or imprecise for umbrella categories. Parent (Mondo) matches mean the policy lists a broader category — confirm eligibility with a Centre of Excellence. Financial entitlements summarised from public policy statements and may change. This is not official government guidance.
How we counted this
Europe PMC query (preferred label + any corrected label + Orphanet and Mondo exact synonyms, stoplisted; unioned with resolved MeSH labels when available). UMLS / OMIM / NCIT cross-references are stored on the overview but are not added to the query string.
"Distal deletion 13q syndrome" OR "13q32 deletion" OR "Deletion 13q32" OR "Distal monosomy 13q" OR "Monosomy 13q32" OR "Telomeric deletion 13q" OR "distal 13q deletion" OR "distal monosomy type 13q" OR "telomeric deletion13q"
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Distal deletion 13q syndrome" OR "13q32 deletion" OR "Deletion 13q32" OR "Distal monosomy 13q" OR "Monosomy 13q32" OR "Telomeric deletion 13q" OR "distal 13q deletion" OR "distal monosomy type 13q" OR "telomeric deletion13q" OR "partial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 13" OR "syndrome caused by partial chromosomal deletion"
Recall-expansion terms: partial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 13, syndrome caused by partial chromosomal deletion
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
Query health: suspect — strategies attempted: phrase, recall-expansion; with hits: phrase
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Confidence reasoning
- Preferred label is multi-word and distinctive
- No synonyms dropped by stoplist
- No label/synonym collisions with other diseases in this corpus
Ingested 2026-07-26T17:47:22.208Z