Background Joubert syndrome (JS) is a recessive neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by hypotonia, ataxia, cognitive impairment, abnormal eye movements, respiratory control disturbances and a ...
Canadian consensus for the assessment and testing of Lynch syndrome ...
Correspondence to: Prof. J Poulton Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK; joanna.poultonobstetrics-gynaecology.oxford.ac.uk ...
Correspondence to Dr Katharina Wimmer, Medical University of Innsbruck, Division of Human Genetics, Peter-Mayr-Strasse 1, Innsbruck 6020, Austria; katharina.wimmer{at}i-med.ac.at Due to the ...
Mammalian experiments provide clear evidence of male line transgenerational effects on health and development from paternal or ancestral early-life exposures such as diet or stress. The few human ...
Background Low-impact genetic variants identified in population-based genetic studies are not routinely measured as part of clinical genetic testing in familial breast cancer (BC). We studied the ...
1 Section on Molecular Neurogenetics, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA 2 Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, ...
X linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (XHED) affects many epithelial functions, including sweat gland formation. Female carriers who manifest XHED may have defective dentition or a patchy ...
Background Deletions removing 100s–1000s kb of DNA, and variable numbers of poorly characterised genes, are often found in patients with a wide range of developmental abnormalities. In such cases, ...
1 Department of Paediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismology, and Ophthalmogenetics, Klinikum, University of Regensburg, 93042 Regensburg, Germany 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum, University of ...
The main features of Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) are pre- and postnatal growth restriction and a characteristic small, triangular face. SRS is also accompanied by other dysmorphic features including ...
The simultaneous occurrence of familial neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and an overgrowth syndrome resembling Weaver syndrome was observed in two related cases (a mother and her son). NF1 was confirmed ...