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X linked recessive inheritance of agenesis of the corpus callosum.
A 2-year-old boy with psychomotor retardation, congenital unilateral ptosis, bilateral adducted thumbs, weakness of upper limbs, and Hirschsprung's disease (aganglionosis), with complete agenesis of ...
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Chronic spinal muscular atrophy of facioscapulohumeral type.
Chronic spinal muscular atrophy of FSH type affecting a mother and her son and daughter is reported. The relevant literature is reviewed and the relation between this conditon and Kugelberg-Welander ...
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Frequent hypomorphic alleles account for a significant fraction of ABCA4 disease and distinguish it from age-related macular degeneration
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 ...
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The spectrum of Silver-Russell syndrome: a clinical and molecular genetic study and new diagnostic criteria
The Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is characterised by severe intrauterine growth retardation, with a preserved head circumference, leading to a lean body habitus and short stature. Facial dysmorphism ...
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De novo terminal deletion of chromosome 15q26.1 characterised by comparative genomic hybridisation and FISH with locus specific probes
aInstitute of Human Genetics, Charité, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Humboldt-University, Augustenburger Platz 1, D-13353, Berlin, Germany, bDepartment of General ...
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A genome-wide association study of serum levels of prostate-specific antigen in the Japanese population
1 Center for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan 2 Department of Urology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan 3 Department of Preventive ...
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Rett syndrome: clinical review and genetic update
1 Program in Developmental Biology, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada 2 Western Sydney Genetics Program, the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, and Discipline of Paediatrics ...
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20p12.3 microdeletion predisposes to Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome with variable neurocognitive deficits
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA Dr S R Lalani, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, One Baylor Plaza, BCM225, MARB, R713, ...
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Clinical spectrum of immunodeficiency, centromeric instability and facial dysmorphism (ICF syndrome)
Department of Paediatric Immunology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands ...
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Frequency of mitochondrial transfer RNA mutations and deletions in 225 patients presenting with respiratory chain deficiencies
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the frequency of pathogenic mtDNA transfer RNA mutations and deletions in biochemically demonstrable respiratory chain (RC) deficiencies in paediatric and adult patients. METHODS ...
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BRAF screening as a low-cost effective strategy for simplifying HNPCC genetic testing
Background: According to the international criteria for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) diagnostics, cancer patients with a family history or early onset of colorectal tumours ...
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Hirschsprung disease, associated syndromes, and genetics: a review
Hirschsprung disease (HSCR, aganglionic megacolon) is the main genetic cause of functional intestinal obstruction with an incidence of 1/5000 live births. This developmental disorder is a ...