DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.73614 ISSN: 2050-0904

A Novel Homozygous Frameshift Variant in ZNF699 Associated With DEGCAGS Syndrome With Severe Transfusion‐Dependent Anemia in an Indian Child: A Case

Arimanda Chaitanya Laasya Reddy, A. Vamshee Priya, Aditya Pachwa, Boilla Abhignya Reddy, Lakshya Nehal Samineni, Lanka Gourav Reddy

ABSTRACT

In children with unexplained multisystem involvement—global developmental delay, dysmorphism, skeletal anomalies, and severe transfusion‐dependent anemia—especially from consanguineous families, whole‐exome sequencing should be pursued early to enable timely diagnosis, proactive iron chelation, and genetic counseling.