ORPHA:3455
Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch syndrome
Also known as: Neonatal progeroid syndrome
Publications
253
75.5th percentile
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
1,386
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
POLR3A
Definitive
Readiness
2/6
Stages with a signal
Clinical definition (Orphanet)
A rare multiple anomalies/ syndrome characterized by marked and postnatal growth retardation, decreased subcutaneous fat, hypotrichosis, relative macrocephaly and an unusual face. Mild to moderate is common.
How rare: <1 / 1 000 000 — fewer than one in a million. In a city the size of Kolkata, that might mean on the order of fifteen people.
Cross-references
Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.
- MONDO:0009910
- MeSH:C536423
- OMIM:264090
- UMLS:C0406586
- NCIT:C121565
Additional Mondo synonyms (2)
Wiedemann Rautenstrauch Syndrome · neonatal progeroid syndrome
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.”
2/6 stages with a signal
No matched interventional trial; the gene is known and literature exists — preclinical or natural-history work may still be the practical next step.
- Gene identifiedPresent
Definitive — POLR3A
- LiteraturePresent
253 matched papers (164 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?
Yes — we know a specific gene responsible (POLR3A).
GenCC classification: Definitive.
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?
253
253 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.
253 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).
164 in the last 10 years · medium confidence · 75.5th percentile (publications denominator)
Phrase hits: 253 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
1,386
Distinct author names in 200 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.
- 01Bernard G9 papers · 2025
Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Pediatrics and Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02Arboleda G8 papers · 2025
Grupo de Neurociencias, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. gharboledab@unal.edu.co
Papers in Europe PMC - 03Arboleda H8 papers · 2020
Instituto de Genética, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04Garg A8 papers · 2020
Division of Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine and the Center for Human Nutrition, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Zhang Y5 papers · 2025
Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, 710004, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 06Agarwal AK4 papers · 2020
Division of Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine and the Center for Human Nutrition, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07Paolacci S4 papers · 2020
Department of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Papers in Europe PMC - 08Vanderver A4 papers · 2025
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (L.G., L.T.T., K.G., G.B.), McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Department of Pediatrics (L.G., L.T.T., K.G., G.B.), McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics and Division of Neurology (L.G., G.Y.), The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Department of Child Neurology (F.K.C., M.S.V.D.K., N.I.W.), Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Clinical Genetics (F.K.C., R.M.V.S.), VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Human Genetics (F.K.C.), Center for Biomedical Research, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia; Department of Pediatrics (L.S.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary; Child Health and Human Development Program (L.T.T., K.G., G.B.), Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada; Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Specialized Medicine (L.T.T., K.G., G.B.), McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada; Centre de Référence Neurogénétique (F.H., C.G.), Service de Génétique, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; Department of Pediatrics (E.L.F.), Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Developmental Neurology Department (S.D.A.), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, Milan, Italy; Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation Department (G.V.), Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy; Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine (I.T.), Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO; University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (I.T.), Kansas City, MO; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (I.T.), Children's Mercy Hospitals, Kansas City, MO; Department of Pediatrics (D.M.N.), Section of Medical Genetics, Ochsner for Children, New Orleans, LA; GeneDx (R.P.), Gaithersburg, MD; Division of Neurology (K.S.L.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ; Department of Pediatric Neurology (E.W.), Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Department of Medical Genetics (T.P.), Telemark Hospital, Skien, Norway; Department of Paediatric Neurology (P.F.), St Georges University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Clinical Genetics Service (M.M.), St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Clinical Genetics Department (J.R.), Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital NHS Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (R.W.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Center of Developmental Neurology (H.P.), Frankfurt, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.V.D.W.), Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Department of Neurology (D.T.), Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany; Department of Clinical Genetics (A.D., C.S.), Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom; Wellcome Sanger Institute (DDD Study), Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Department of Pediatrics (N.T.), Division of Child Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, United States of America; Movement Disorders Center and Neurogenetics Research Program (M.C.K.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ; Program in Neuroscience (M.C.K.), Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States of America; Division of Neurology (S.S.), Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi, India; Division of Neurology (A.V.), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Neurology (A.V.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Penn
Papers in Europe PMC - 09Wang L4 papers · 2026
Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Drug Target Discovery and Validation, School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10Wolf NI4 papers · 2025
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (L.G., L.T.T., K.G., G.B.), McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Department of Pediatrics (L.G., L.T.T., K.G., G.B.), McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics and Division of Neurology (L.G., G.Y.), The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Department of Child Neurology (F.K.C., M.S.V.D.K., N.I.W.), Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Clinical Genetics (F.K.C., R.M.V.S.), VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Human Genetics (F.K.C.), Center for Biomedical Research, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia; Department of Pediatrics (L.S.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary; Child Health and Human Development Program (L.T.T., K.G., G.B.), Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada; Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Specialized Medicine (L.T.T., K.G., G.B.), McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada; Centre de Référence Neurogénétique (F.H., C.G.), Service de Génétique, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; Department of Pediatrics (E.L.F.), Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Developmental Neurology Department (S.D.A.), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, Milan, Italy; Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation Department (G.V.), Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy; Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine (I.T.), Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO; University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (I.T.), Kansas City, MO; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (I.T.), Children's Mercy Hospitals, Kansas City, MO; Department of Pediatrics (D.M.N.), Section of Medical Genetics, Ochsner for Children, New Orleans, LA; GeneDx (R.P.), Gaithersburg, MD; Division of Neurology (K.S.L.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ; Department of Pediatric Neurology (E.W.), Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Department of Medical Genetics (T.P.), Telemark Hospital, Skien, Norway; Department of Paediatric Neurology (P.F.), St Georges University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Clinical Genetics Service (M.M.), St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Clinical Genetics Department (J.R.), Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital NHS Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (R.W.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Center of Developmental Neurology (H.P.), Frankfurt, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.V.D.W.), Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Department of Neurology (D.T.), Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany; Department of Clinical Genetics (A.D., C.S.), Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom; Wellcome Sanger Institute (DDD Study), Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Department of Pediatrics (N.T.), Division of Child Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, United States of America; Movement Disorders Center and Neurogenetics Research Program (M.C.K.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ; Program in Neuroscience (M.C.K.), Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States of America; Division of Neurology (S.S.), Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi, India; Division of Neurology (A.V.), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Neurology (A.V.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Penn
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. 1 observational study did — shown below because natural-history and cohort work can be an important step toward a trial.
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.
medium 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.
Observational and natural-history studies
1 observational study matches this condition. These do not test a treatment and are not counted in the interventional-trial headline, but they are genuine research: natural-history work often defines the endpoints needed for a future rare-disease trial, and families may be able to enroll.
Recruiting or not-yet-recruiting
- NCT04463316·RECRUITING·GROWing Up With Rare GENEtic Syndromes
Conditions: Prader-Willi Syndrome · PWS-like Syndrome · Silver Russel Syndrome · Congenital Hypopituitarism·Matched via name phrase
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 2026-07-26Likely covered — the policy lists Osteogenesis imperfecta as a category (Group 2), and this condition is a form of it. Confirm eligibility with a Centre of Excellence.
Group 2 — long-term / lifelong lower-cost interventions
NPRD envisages State Government support for dietary formulae, hormones, and other lower-cost interventions. This is a different route from the central CoE ₹50 lakh pathway; ask your state health department and a CoE which channel applies.
Central CoE funding may also apply depending on current rules — confirm with a notified Centre of Excellence. Do not assume the ₹50 lakh ceiling covers Group 2 by default. Verify
Centres of Excellence (15)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) — New Delhi, Delhi
- Maulana Azad Medical College — New Delhi, Delhi
- Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) — Chandigarh, Chandigarh
- Centre for DNA Fingerprinting & Diagnostics with Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences — Hyderabad, Telangana
- King Edward Memorial Hospital — Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) — Kolkata, West Bengal
- Centre for Human Genetics with Indira Gandhi Hospital — Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children (ICH & HC) — Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) — Jodhpur, Rajasthan
- Sree Avittam Thirunal Hospital (SAT), Government Medical College — Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) — Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
- Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) — Imphal, Manipur
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) — Patna, Bihar
- Assam Medical College & Hospital — Dibrugarh, Assam
Voluntary contributions / crowdfunding (separate from CoE funding): https://rarediseases.mohfw.gov.in/
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.
"Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch syndrome" OR "Neonatal progeroid syndrome" OR "Wiedemann Rautenstrauch Syndrome"
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch syndrome" OR "Neonatal progeroid syndrome" OR "Wiedemann Rautenstrauch Syndrome" OR "POLR3A"
Recall-expansion terms: POLR3A
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 1 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
Query health: ok — strategies attempted: phrase, recall-expansion; with hits: phrase, recall-expansion
Run this search on ClinicalTrials.gov
Confidence reasoning
- Preferred label is multi-word and distinctive
- No synonyms dropped by stoplist
- No label/synonym collisions with other diseases in this corpus
- Publication count (253) is high for prevalence class "<1 / 1 000 000" — confidence capped at medium
Ingested 2026-07-26T23:14:50.469Z