Purpose von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) syndrome-related renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most prevalent hereditary RCC and exhibits clinical heterogeneity, complicating patient management. While VHL gene ...
Background Lowe syndrome (LS) is an X linked disease caused by pathogenic variants in the OCRL gene that impacts approximately 1 in 500 000 children. Classic features include congenital cataract, ...
Background Fabry disease results from deficient α-galactosidase A activity and globotriaosylceramide accumulation causing renal insufficiency, strokes, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and early demise. We ...
Institute of Human Genetics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Correspondence to: Dr Anne Lampe Institute of Human Genetics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, International ...
Correspondence to Dr Chantal Babb de Villiers, PHG Foundation, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK; chantal.babbdevilliers{at}phgfoundation.org The use of genomic information to better ...
This study was conducted on 3212 Saudi families to investigate the prevalence of consanguineous marriages. The families were interviewed and the information on the relationship between the husband and ...
4 Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands 5 Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 6 ...
1 Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 373 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA 2 Department of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, ...
A familial reciprocal translocation t(6p+;11q−) is presented, unbalanced (6p+) in the craniorachischisic propositus and balanced in his phenotypically normal father, associated with relative ...
Dr Driscoll, Pediatric Genetics, Box 100296, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610-0296, USA,driscdj{at}peds.ufl.edu BACKGROUND Angelman syndrome (AS) is a severe ...
Dyslexia is among the most common neurodevelopmental disorders, with a prevalence of 5–12%. At the phenotypic level, various cognitive components that enable reading and spelling and that are ...
Correspondence to Mr Thomas P Potjer, Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; T.P.Potjer{at}lumc.nl Background Pathogenic variants in the CDKN2A ...