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  2. MYH8

MYH8

myosin heavy chain 8
OMIM: 160741, Gene2Phenotype

5 panels

Panel Reviews Mode of inheritance Details
5 panels
Green MYH8 in Arthrogryposis


Level 2: Neurology
Version 10.5
Latest signed off version: v10.0 (6 May 2026)

review MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
Sources
  • Expert Review Green
  • Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
  • Illumina TruGenome Clinical Sequencing Services
  • Expert
  • UKGTN
  • Expert list
Phenotypes
  • Trismus-pseudocamptodactyly syndrome (ARTHROGRYPOSIS, DISTAL, TYPE 7
  • DA7) 158300
Red MYH8 in Congenital myopathy


Level 2: Neurology
Version 7.14
Latest signed off version: v7.0 (6 May 2026)

Component of the following Super Panels:

  • Hypotonic infant
  • Other rare neuromuscular disorders

    		•  review MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
    Sources
    • Expert Review Red
    • NHS GMS
    • London South GLH
    • Expert
    • UKGTN
    Phenotypes
    • Trismus-pseudocamptodactyly syndrome, OMIM:158300
    Green MYH8 in Fetal anomalies


    Level 2: Fetal (including NIPD)
    Version 7.10
    Latest signed off version: v7.0 (6 May 2026)

    		review MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
    Sources
    • Expert Review Green
    • PAGE DD-Gene2Phenotype
    Phenotypes
    • DISTAL ARTHROGRYPOSIS TYPE
    • CARNEY COMPLEX VARIANT
    Green MYH8 in DDG2P


    Version 7.1
    Latest signed off version: v7.0 (6 May 2026)

    Component of the following Super Panels:

  • Paediatric disorders

    		•  review MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
    Sources
    • Expert Review Green
    • DD-Gene2Phenotype
    Phenotypes
    • DISTAL ARTHROGRYPOSIS TYPE, OMIM:158300
    • CARNEY COMPLEX VARIANT, OMIM:608837
    Red MYH8 in Intellectual disability


    Level 2: Developmental disorders
    Version 10.17
    Latest signed off version: v10.0 (6 May 2026)

    Component of the following Super Panels:

  • Childhood onset leukodystrophy
  • Hypotonic infant
  • Paediatric disorders

    		•  review MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
    Sources
    • Expert Review Red
    • BRIDGE study SPEED NEURO Tier1 Gene
    Phenotypes
    • Carney complex variant, 608837
    • Trismus-pseudocamptodactyly
    • syndrome, 158300