As of 1 January 2025, the Journal of Medical Genetics (JMG) has become the official journal of the British Society for Genetic Medicine (BSGM), an exciting new partnership will strengthen the exchange ...

1 Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands 2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the ...

1 Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2 Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, University of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a high-risk hereditary cancer predisposition syndrome affecting 1 in 5000 individuals. Current ...

Background Molecular genetic diagnoses are critical to prevention and treatment of inherited polyposis and colorectal cancer.

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 ...

Variations in new splicing regulatory elements are difficult to identify exclusively by sequence inspection and may result in deleterious effects on precursor (pre) mRNA splicing. These mutations can ...

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 ...

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, ...

Pain perception is a vital protective mechanism.1 However, chronic pain, maladaptive and persistent, constitutes a major disease burden.2 Reliance on opioid analgesics is fraught with risks of ...