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, ...
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 ...
Correspondence to Dr Rando Allikmets, Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute Research Annex, 635 West 165th Street, Box # 28, New York, NY 10032, USA; rla22 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 Fabry disease is a progressive multisystemic disease, which affects the kidney and cardiovascular systems. Various treatments exist but decisions on how and when to treat are contentious.
Department of Dermatology and the Center for Genetic Diseases of the Skin and Hair, Hadassah—Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel Correspondence to Professor Abraham Zlotogorski, ...
1 Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 2SR, UK 2 Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome/MRC ...
Background Familial intestinal gastric cancer (FIGC) remains genetically unexplained and without testing/clinical criteria. Herein, we characterised the age of onset and disease spectrum of 50 FIGC ...