label: syndromic X-linked intellectual disability Shashi type
label_lc: syndromic x-linked intellectual disability shashi type
description: X-linked intellectual disability, Shashi type is characterized by moderate intellectual deficit, obesity, macroorchidism and a characteristic facies (large ears, a prominent lower lip and puffy eyelids). It has been described in nine boys from two families. Transmission is X-linked and the causative gene has been localized to the q21.3-q27 region of the X chromosome.