Background Molecular genetic diagnoses are critical to prevention and treatment of inherited polyposis and colorectal cancer.
Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a high-risk hereditary cancer predisposition syndrome affecting 1 in 5000 individuals. Current ...
1 Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China Background Nanophthalmos is a rare ocular condition characterised by a significantly short axial ...
Purpose Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a common adult muscular dystrophy. Over 95% of FSHD cases are associated with contraction of the D4Z4 tandem repeat (~3.3 kb per unit) at 4q35 ...
56 CNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST); Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain 57 Unité de Neurophysiologie Clinique, Centre ...
1 Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands 2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the ...
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 ...
9 Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel 10 Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Background Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency syndrome ...
15 Department of Ophthalmology, The Silesian Medical Academy, Katowice, Poland 16 Department of Genetics, Medical Academy, Bydgoszcz, Poland 17 Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Academy, Poznań, ...
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 ...
Background: Double outlet right ventricle (DORV), a clinically significant congenital heart defect, occurs in 1–3% of individuals with congenital heart defects. In contrast to other major congenital ...
Cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD) (MIM 119600) is an autosomal dominant skeletal dysplasia characterised by abnormal clavicles, patent sutures and fontanelles, supernumerary teeth, short stature, and a ...