ORPHA:500150
ZTTK syndrome
Also known as: Facial dysmorphism-brain malformations-musculoskeletal abnormalities-intellectual disability syndrome · Zhu-Tokita-Takenouchi-Kim syndrome
Query health: suspect — Only one of 2 strategies returned hits (phrase).
Publications
94
65.3th percentile
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
816
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
SON
Definitive
Readiness
2/6
Stages with a signal
Clinical definition (Orphanet)
A rare, genetic, multiple anomalies/ syndrome characterized by , and mild to moderate facial dysmorphism in association with variable brain malformations (including abnormal gyration patterns, ventriculomegaly, white matter abnormalities, hypoplasia of the corpus callosum and cerebellar hemispheres), musculoskeletal abnormalities (including hemivertebrae, scoliosis or kyphosis, contractures, and joint laxity), ocular involvement (strabismus, hypermetropia and cortical visual impairment) and . Additional clinical manifestations may include , short stature urogenital malformations, heart defects and gastrointestinal malformations.
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:0014936
- OMIM:617140
- UMLS:C4310696
Additional Mondo synonyms (2)
TOKIMS · Tokita-Kim 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 — SON
- LiteraturePresent
94 matched papers (93 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 (SON).
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?
94
94 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.
94 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).
93 in the last 10 years · medium confidence · 65.3th percentile (publications denominator)
Phrase hits: 94 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
816
Distinct author names in 94 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.
- 01Ahn EE8 papers · 2025
Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02Vukadin L5 papers · 2024
Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 03Kim JH4 papers · 2024
Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04Vissers LELM4 papers · 2023
Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. lisenka.vissers@radboudumc.nl.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Chen X3 papers · 2026
Medical Genetics Institute of Henan Province, Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Genetic Diseases and Functional Genomics, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 06de Vries BBA3 papers · 2023
Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. bert.devries@radboudumc.nl.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07
- 08Li H3 papers · 2024
Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 09Lim SS3 papers · 2024
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10Lin L3 papers · 2026
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No. 899 Pinghai Road, Suzhou 215000, China.
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.
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.
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.
"ZTTK syndrome" OR "Facial dysmorphism-brain malformations-musculoskeletal abnormalities-intellectual disability syndrome" OR "Zhu-Tokita-Takenouchi-Kim syndrome" OR "TOKIMS" OR "Tokita-Kim syndrome"
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"ZTTK syndrome" OR "Facial dysmorphism-brain malformations-musculoskeletal abnormalities-intellectual disability syndrome" OR "Zhu-Tokita-Takenouchi-Kim syndrome" OR "TOKIMS" OR "Tokita-Kim syndrome" OR "SON"
Recall-expansion terms: SON
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
Run this search on ClinicalTrials.gov
Confidence reasoning
- Preferred label is short or not clearly distinctive
- No synonyms dropped by stoplist
- No label/synonym collisions with other diseases in this corpus
Ingested 2026-07-27T17:41:35.105Z