Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Correspondence to: F A Sayed-Tabatabaei Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical ...

Background We sought to investigate the diagnostic yield and mutation spectrum in previously reported genes for early-onset epilepsy and disorders of severe developmental delay. Methods In 400 ...

Background: A common missense variant of the CDKN2A gene (A148T) predisposes to malignant melanoma in Poland. An association between malignant melanoma and breast cancer has been reported in several ...

2 Department of Dermatology, University Medical Centre Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands Correspondence to: Dr M A M van Steensel Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Maastricht, PO Box 5800, 6202 ...

As the variability and possible clinical significance of palm increase abnormalities receive greater attention, an accurate and objective method for evaluating the ...

2 Genetic Institute, Emek Medical Center, Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel Background Infantile-onset encephalopathy and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy caused by mitochondrial ...

We performed a genetic analysis of 280 families with congenital indirect inguinal hernia ascertained in Shandong province. The multifactorial threshold model and segregation analysis were applied to ...

Background The mitochondrial DNA (mDNA) 3243A>G variant is the most common pathogenic variant of the mDNA. To interpret results of clinical trials in mitochondrial disease, it is important to have a ...

1 Regional Genetic Service and University Department of Medical Genetics, Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester, UK 2 Department of Endocrinology, ...

Correspondence to Professor Zhiguang Zhou, Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Changsha 410011, China; zhouzhiguang{at}csu.edu.cn; Professor Zhiguo Xie, Department of ...

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, ...

Background: A recent genetic study in mice and humans revealed the modulatory effect of MC1R (melanocortin-1 receptor) gene variants on κ-opioid receptor mediated analgesia. It is unclear whether this ...