Background: Infantile cardiomyopathy is a genetically heterogeneous disorder with significant morbidity and mortality. Methods: This study aimed to identify the mutation present in four unrelated ...
Bipolar disorder (also known as manic depressive illness) is a complex genetic disorder in which the core feature is pathological disturbance in mood (affect) ranging from extreme elation, or mania, ...
Purpose Genome sequencing (GS) is expected to reduce the diagnostic gap in rare disease genetics. We aimed to evaluate a scalable framework for genome-based analyses ‘beyond the exome’ in regular care ...
A family study of bilateral renal agenesis was undertaken based on 103 patients with bilateral renal agenesis, ascertained through stillbirth and neonatal death certificates, and confirmed by necropsy ...
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD; Immotile cilia syndrome; OMIM 242650) is an autosomal recessive disorder resulting from dysmotility of cilia and sperm flagella. 1 Cilia and flagella function either ...
Correspondence to Dr Guoan Zhao, The Cardiovascular ResearchCenter of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang City 453003, China; zhaoguoan16{at}126.com Heart failure, ...
1 Institute of Genomic and Personalized Medicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China 2 Wuhan Women and Children Hospital, Wuhan, ...
We report a 20 year old man with short stature, microcephaly, unusual facies, numerous pigmented naevi, hypodontia, immunodeficiency, and a high pitched voice. Tympner et al had assumed that the ...