Dans notre zone géographique, il existe deux populations minoritaires qui présentent un intérêt du point de vue génétique, principalement parce qu'elles ont historiquement pratiqué consanguinité et présent haut consanguinité, et pour avoir souffert de goulots d'étranglement génétiques qui ont conduit à la effet fondateur dans certaines maladies.

  • Maladies mendéliennes causées par des mutations privatives à effet fondateur dans la population gitane.
troubleOMIM*HéritageCarteGèneMutation
Emplacement
congénital primaire231300A.R.14h21CYP1B1E387K
Glaucome
Galactokinase230200A.R.17q24GK1P28T
carence
Rein polykystique173900ANNONCE.4q21-q23PKD2R306X**
maladie
Moteur héréditaire et601455A.R.8q24NDRG1R148X
Neuropathie sensorielle-Lom
Moteur héréditaire et605285A.R.10q23
Neuropathie sensorielle-Russe
Cataractes faciales congénitales604168A.R.18ème trimestre
neuropathie dysmorphique
  • Taux de porteurs déclarés de maladies monogéniques chez les Roms
troublepaysGénéralÀ haut risque
Romegroupes
Glaucome congénital primitifSlovaquie5%*11%
GalactokinaseBulgarie2%*4%-5%
carence
Polykystique autosomique dominanteHongrie2.4%
maladie du rein
Héréditaire moteur et sensorielBulgarie*2%*20%
neuropathie-Lom
Dystrophie musculaire des ceintures**Bulgarie2%6%
tapez 2C
Déficit en MCAD***Espagne*2.5%-10%
Phénylcétonurietchèque6%
Slovaquie
Albinisme oculocutanéEspagne3.4%
syndrome de FraserEspagne2.7%
Épidermolyse bulleuseEspagne2.4%
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Kalaydjieva L, Gresham D, Calafell F. Études génétiques des Roms (Tsiganes) : une revue. BMC Med Genet [Internet]. 2 avril 2001 [cité le 11 avril 2021];2:5. Disponible à partir de : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC31389/

En plus des tableaux précédents, une manière de myasthénie congénitale qui est plus fréquente dans la population rom que dans la population générale, en particulier la mutation epsilon1267delG du gène de la sous-unité epsilon du récepteur de l'acétylcholine (AChR).

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Abicht A, Stucka R, Karcagi V, Herczegfalvi A, Horváth R, Mortier W et al. Une mutation courante (epsilon1267delG) chez les patients myasthéniques congénitaux d'origine ethnique gitane. Neurologie. 22 octobre 1999 ; 53(7) : 1564–9.