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BMC Medical Genetics

Ausgabe 1/2016

Inhalt (95 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

Enhanced diagnostic yield in Meckel-Gruber and Joubert syndrome through exome sequencing supplemented with split-read mapping

Christopher M. Watson, Laura A. Crinnion, Ian R. Berry, Sally M. Harrison, Carolina Lascelles, Agne Antanaviciute, Ruth S. Charlton, Angus Dobbie, Ian M. Carr, David T. Bonthron

Open Access Research article

Altered miRNA expression in pulmonary sarcoidosis

Justyna Kiszałkiewicz, Wojciech J. Piotrowski, Dorota Pastuszak-Lewandoska, Paweł Górski, Adam Antczak, Witold Górski, Daria Domańska-Senderowska, Monika Migdalska-Sęk, Karolina H. Czarnecka, Ewa Nawrot, Ewa Brzeziańska-Lasota

Open Access Research article

A substitution mutation in cardiac ubiquitin ligase, FBXO32, is associated with an autosomal recessive form of dilated cardiomyopathy

Zuhair N. Al-Hassnan, Zarghuna MA. Shinwari, Salma M. Wakil, Sahar Tulbah, Shamayel Mohammed, Zuhair Rahbeeni, Mohammed Alghamdi, Monther Rababh, Dilek Colak, Namik Kaya, Majid Al-Fayyadh, Jehad Alburaiki

Open Access Research article

Integrative meta-analysis identifies microRNA-regulated networks in infantile hemangioma

Natália Bertoni, Lied M. S. Pereira, Fábio E. Severino, Regina Moura, Winston B. Yoshida, Patricia P. Reis

Open Access Case report

X-Linked retinoschisis associated to a novel intragenic microdeletion: case report

Clara Vazquez-Alfageme, Roberto Reinoso, Alberto Acedo, Rosa M. Coco

Open Access Research article

Screening of the SLC17A8 gene as a causative factor for autosomal dominant non-syndromic hearing loss in Koreans

Nari Ryu, Borum Sagong, Hong-Joon Park, Min-A Kim, Kyu-Yup Lee, Jae Young Choi, Un-Kyung Kim

Open Access Research article

Association of common variants identified by recent genome-wide association studies with obesity in Chinese children: a case-control study

Hai-Jun Wang, Anke Hinney, Jie-Yun Song, André Scherag, Xiang-Rui Meng, Harald Grallert, Thomas Illig, Johannes Hebebrand, Yan Wang, Jun Ma

Open Access Case report

Characterisation of CASPR2 deficiency disorder - a syndrome involving autism, epilepsy and language impairment

Pedro Rodenas-Cuadrado, Nicola Pietrafusa, Teresa Francavilla, Angela La Neve, Pasquale Striano, Sonja C. Vernes

Open Access Case report

NGS in argininosuccinic aciduria detects a mutation (D145G) which drives alternative splicing of ASL: a case report study

Wei Wen, Dan Yin, Fangfang Huang, Meng Guo, Tian Tian, Hui Zhu, Yun Yang

Open Access Research article

Tracking of the origin of recurrent mutations of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in the North-East of Italy and improved mutation analysis strategy

Giulia Cini, Massimo Mezzavilla, Lara Della Puppa, Elisa Cupelli, Alessio Fornasin, Angela Valentina D’Elia, Riccardo Dolcetti, Giuseppe Damante, Sara Bertok, Gianmaria Miolo, Roberta Maestro, Paolo de Paoli, Antonio Amoroso, Alessandra Viel

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

Annual acknowledgement of reviewers

Timothy R. Sands

Open Access Research article

Mitral regurgitation as a phenotypic manifestation of nonphotosensitive trichothiodystrophy due to a splice variant in MPLKIP

Khadim Shah, Raja Hussain Ali, Muhammad Ansar, Kwanghyuk Lee, Muhammad Salman Chishti, Izoduwa Abbe, Biao Li, Joshua D. Smith, Deborah A. Nickerson, Jay Shendure, Paul J. Coucke, Wouter Steyaert, Michael J. Bamshad, Regie Lyn P. Santos-Cortez, Suzanne M. Leal, Wasim Ahmad

Open Access Research article

Genetic spectrum of dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria in Chinese patients including a novel nonstop mutation in ADAR1 gene

Guolong Zhang, Minhua Shao, Zhixiu Li, Yong Gu, Xufeng Du, Xiuli Wang, Ming Li

Open Access Case report

Case report of novel DYRK1A mutations in 2 individuals with syndromic intellectual disability and a review of the literature

Stephanie M. Luco, Daniela Pohl, Erick Sell, Justin D. Wagner, David A. Dyment, Hussein Daoud

Open Access Research article

Placental PHLDA2 expression is increased in cases of fetal growth restriction following reduced fetal movements

Anna Bugge Janssen, Simon J. Tunster, Alexander E. P. Heazell, Rosalind M. John

Open Access Case report

Massive obesity and hyperphagia in posterior bilateral periventricular heterotopias: case report

Valeria Guglielmi, Roberto Floris, Monica D’Adamo, Francesco Garaci, Giuseppe Novelli, Paolo Sbraccia

Open Access Case report

12 year follow up of enzyme-replacement therapy in two siblings with attenuated mucopolysaccharidosis I: the important role of early treatment

Orazio Gabrielli, Lorne A. Clarke, Anna Ficcadenti, Lucia Santoro, Lucia Zampini, Nicola Volpi, Giovanni V. Coppa

Open Access Research article

Examinations of maternal uniparental disomy and epimutations for chromosomes 6, 14, 16 and 20 in Silver-Russell syndrome-like phenotypes

Jana Sachwitz, Getrud Strobl-Wildemann, György Fekete, Laima Ambrozaitytė, Vaidutis Kučinskas, Lukas Soellner, Matthias Begemann, Thomas Eggermann

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Polymorphisms at the F12 and KLKB1 loci have significant trait association with activation of the renin-angiotensin system

Nilima Biswas, Adam X. Maihofer, Saiful Anam Mir, Fangwen Rao, Kuixing Zhang, Srikrishna Khandrika, Manjula Mahata, Ryan S. Friese, C. Makena Hightower, Sushil K. Mahata, Dewleen G. Baker, Caroline M. Nievergelt, Sucheta M. Vaingankar, Daniel T. O’Connor

Open Access Case report

The p.Phe174Ser mutation is associated with mild forms of Smith Lemli Opitz Syndrome

Arianna Tucci, Luisa Ronzoni, Carlo Arduino, Paola Salmin, Susanna Esposito, Donatella Milani

Open Access Research article

Targeted next-generation sequencing identification of mutations in patients with disorders of sex development

Yanling Dong, Yuting Yi, Hong Yao, Ziying Yang, Huamei Hu, Jiucheng Liu, Changxin Gao, Ming Zhang, Liying Zhou, Asan, Xin Yi, Zhiqing Liang

Open Access Research article

Variants in CXCR4 associate with juvenile idiopathic arthritis susceptibility

Terri H. Finkel, Jin Li, Zhi Wei, Wei Wang, Haitao Zhang, Edward M. Behrens, Emma L. Reuschel, Sophie Limou, Carol Wise, Marilynn Punaro, Mara L. Becker, Jane E. Munro, Berit Flatø, Øystein Førre, Susan D. Thompson, Carl D. Langefeld, David N. Glass, Joseph T. Glessner, Cecilia E. Kim, Edward Frackelton, Debra K. Shivers, Kelly A. Thomas, Rosetta M. Chiavacci, Cuiping Hou, Kexiang Xu, James Snyder, Haijun Qiu, Frank Mentch, Kai Wang, Cheryl A. Winkler, Benedicte A. Lie, Justine A. Ellis, Hakon Hakonarson

Open Access Case report

Myoimaging in the NGS era: the discovery of a novel mutation in MYH7 in a family with distal myopathy and core-like features – a case report

Guja Astrea, Antonio Petrucci, Denise Cassandrini, Marco Savarese, Rosanna Trovato, Ludovico Lispi, Anna Rubegni, Manlio Giacanelli, Roberto Massa, Vincenzo Nigro, Filippo M. Santorelli

Open Access Research article

Genome-wide rare copy number variation screening in ulcerative colitis identifies potential susceptibility loci

Hamid Reza Saadati, Michael Wittig, Ingo Helbig, Robert Häsler, Carl A. Anderson, Christopher G. Mathew, Limas Kupcinskas, Miles Parkes, Tom Hemming Karlsen, Philip Rosenstiel, Stefan Schreiber, Andre Franke

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Phenotype and genotype in patients with Larsen syndrome: clinical homogeneity and allelic heterogeneity in seven patients

Katta Mohan Girisha, Abdul Mueed Bidchol, Luitgard Graul-Neumann, Ashish Gupta, Ute Hehr, Davor Lessel, Sean Nader, Hitesh Shah, Julia Wickert, Kerstin Kutsche

Open Access Research article

Variants of PLCXD3 are not associated with variant or sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a large international study

Rubika Balendra, James Uphill, Claire Collinson, Ronald Druyeh, Gary Adamson, Holger Hummerich, Inga Zerr, Pierluigi Gambetti, John Collinge, Simon Mead

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Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis of transient neonatal diabetes type 1 patients with mutations in ZFP57

Mads Bak, Susanne E. Boonen, Christina Dahl, Johanne M. D. Hahnemann, Deborah J. D. G. Mackay, Zeynep Tümer, Karen Grønskov, I. Karen Temple, Per Guldberg, Niels Tommerup

Open Access Case report

A novel de novo Myocilin variant in a patient with sporadic juvenile open angle glaucoma

Emmanuelle Souzeau, Kathryn P. Burdon, Bronwyn Ridge, Andrew Dubowsky, Jonathan B. Ruddle, Jamie E. Craig

Open Access Research article

Common variants in SIRT1 and human longevity in a Chinese population

Rong Lin, Dongjing Yan, Yunxia Zhang, Xiaoping Liao, Gu Gong, Junjie Hu, Yunxin Fu, Wangwei Cai

Open Access Case report

Neonatal diabetes and protein losing enteropathy: a case report

Tamara McMillan, Rose Girgis, Elizabeth A. C. Sellers

Open Access Research article

PHKA2 mutation spectrum in Korean patients with glycogen storage disease type IX: prevalence of deletion mutations

Rihwa Choi, Hyung-Doo Park, Ben Kang, So Yoon Choi, Chang-Seok Ki, Soo-Youn Lee, Jong-Won Kim, Junghan Song, Yon Ho Choe

Open Access Research article

Pathogenic copy number variants and SCN1A mutations in patients with intellectual disability and childhood-onset epilepsy

Andrew E. Fry, Elliott Rees, Rose Thompson, Kiran Mantripragada, Penny Blake, Glyn Jones, Sian Morgan, Sian Jose, Hood Mugalaasi, Hayley Archer, Emma McCann, Angus Clarke, Clare Taylor, Sally Davies, Frances Gibbon, Johann Te Water Naude, Louise Hartley, Gareth Thomas, Catharine White, Jaya Natarajan, Rhys H. Thomas, Cheney Drew, Seo-Kyung Chung, Mark I. Rees, Peter Holmans, Michael J. Owen, George Kirov, Daniela T. Pilz, Michael P. Kerr

Open Access Research article

CNV analysis in 169 patients with bladder exstrophy-epispadias complex

Catharina von Lowtzow, Andrea Hofmann, Rong Zhang, Florian Marsch, Anne-Karoline Ebert, Wolfgang Rösch, Raimund Stein, Thomas M. Boemers, Karin Hirsch, Carlo Marcelis, Wouter F. J. Feitz, Alfredo Brusco, Nicola Migone, Massimo Di Grazia, Susanne Moebus, Markus M. Nöthen, Heiko Reutter, Michael Ludwig, Markus Draaken

Open Access Case report

Divergent phenotypes in siblings with identical novel mutations in the HNF-1α gene leading to maturity onset diabetes of the young type 3

Birgit Knebel, Susanne Mack, Jutta Haas, Mona Kathrin Herman-Friede, Simone Lange, Oliver Schubert, Jorg Kotzka, Dirk Muller-Wieland

Open Access Case report

Connexin 26 (GJB2) mutation in an Argentinean patient with keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness (KID) syndrome: a case report

Viviana Karina Dalamón, Paula Buonfiglio, Margarita Larralde, Patricio Craig, Vanesa Lotersztein, Keith Choate, Norma Pallares, Vicente Diamante, Ana Belén Elgoyhen

Open Access Research article

Osteoblastic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells in Bruck Syndrome

Carla M. Kaneto, Patrícia S. P. Lima, Dalila Lucíola Zanette, Thiago Yukio Kikuchi Oliveira, Francisco de Assis Pereira, Julio Cesar Cetrulo Lorenzi, Jane Lima dos Santos, Karen L. Prata, João M. Pina Neto, Francisco J. A. de Paula, Wilson A. Silva Jr.

Open Access Research article

Clinical profile and molecular characterization of Galactosemia in Brazil: identification of seven novel mutations

Daniel F. Garcia, José S. Camelo Jr, Greice A. Molfetta, Marlene Turcato, Carolina F. M. Souza, Gilda Porta, Carlos E. Steiner, Wilson A. Silva Jr

Open Access Research article

Impact of CYP2E1, GSTA1 and GSTP1 gene variants on serum alpha glutathione S-transferase level in patients undergoing anaesthesia

Adam Mikstacki, Marzena Skrzypczak-Zielinska, Oliwia Zakerska-Banaszak, Barbara Tamowicz, Maria Skibinska, Marta Molinska-Glura, Marlena Szalata, Ryszard Slomski

Open Access Research article

Analysis of mitochondrial alterations in Brazilian patients with sensorineural hearing loss using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

Rogério Marins Alves, Sueli Matilde da Silva Costa, Paulo Mauricio do Amôr Divino Miranda, Priscila Zonzini Ramos, Thiago Gibbin Marconi, Gisele Santos Oliveira, Arthur Menino Castilho, Edi Lúcia Sartorato

Open Access Research article

Temple-Baraitser Syndrome and Zimmermann-Laband Syndrome: one clinical entity?

André Mégarbané, Rashid Al-Ali, Nancy Choucair, Monko Lek, Ena Wang, Moncef Ladjimi, Catherine M. Rose, Remy Hobeika, Yvette Macary, Ramzi Temanni, Puthen V. Jithesh, Aouatef Chouchane, Konduru S Sastry, Remy Thomas, Sara Tomei, Wei Liu, Francesco M. Marincola, Daniel MacArthur, Lotfi Chouchane

Open Access Research article

Association of BAK1 single nucleotide polymorphism with a risk for dengue hemorrhagic fever

Tran Ngoc Dang, Izumi Naka, Areerat Sa-Ngasang, Surapee Anantapreecha, Nuanjun Wichukchinda, Pathom Sawanpanyalert, Jintana Patarapotikul, Naoyuki Tsuchiya, Jun Ohashi

Open Access Research article

Analysis of copy number variation at DMBT1 and age-related macular degeneration

Shamik Polley, Valentina Cipriani, Jane C. Khan, Humma Shahid, Anthony T. Moore, John R. W. Yates, Edward J. Hollox

Open Access Research article

Alpha-actin-2 mutations in Chinese patients with a non-syndromatic thoracic aortic aneurysm

Tie Ke, Meng Han, Miao Zhao, Qing Kenneth Wang, Huazhi Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhao, Xinlong Ruan, Hui Li, Chengqi Xu, Tucheng Sun

Open Access Case report

Case report of a 45-year old female Fabry disease patient carrying two alpha-galactosidase A gene mutation alleles

Daniel Oder, Dorothee Vergho, Georg Ertl, Christoph Wanner, Peter Nordbeck

Open Access Research article

Novel mutation in the CHST6 gene causes macular corneal dystrophy in a black South African family

Nadia Carstens, Susan Williams, Saadiah Goolam, Trevor Carmichael, Ming Sin Cheung, Stine Büchmann-Møller, Marc Sultan, Frank Staedtler, Chao Zou, Peter Swart, Dennis S. Rice, Arnaud Lacoste, Kim Paes, Michèle Ramsay

Open Access Research article

Genotype-phenotype analysis of von Hippel-Lindau syndrome in Korean families: HIF-α binding site missense mutations elevate age-specific risk for CNS hemangioblastoma

Jee-Soo Lee, Ji-Hyun Lee, Kyu Eun Lee, Jung Hee Kim, Joon Mo Hong, Eun Kyung Ra, Soo Hyun Seo, Seung Jun Lee, Man Jin Kim, Sung Sup Park, Moon-Woo Seong

Open Access Case report

Breakpoints and deleted genes identification of ring chromosome 18 in a Chinese girl by whole-genome low-coverage sequencing: a case report study

Hui Yao, Chuanchun Yang, Xiaoli Huang, Luhong Yang, Wei Zhao, Dan Yin, Yuan Qin, Feng Mu, Lin Liu, Ping Tian, Zhisheng Liu, Yun Yang

Open Access Research article

Genotyping an immunodeficiency causing c.1624–11G>A ZAP70 mutation in Canadian Mennonites

M. L. Schroeder, B. Triggs-Raine, T. Zelinski

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Association study of C-reactive protein associated gene HNF1A with ischemic stroke in Chinese population

Haibin Shi, Song Leng, Hui Liang, Yan Zheng, Lidian Chen

Open Access Research article

Novel GUCY2D mutation causes phenotypic variability of Leber congenital amaurosis in a large kindred

Libe Gradstein, Jenny Zolotushko, Yuri V. Sergeev, Itay Lavy, Ginat Narkis, Yonatan Perez, Sarah Guigui, Dror Sharon, Eyal Banin, Eyal Walter, Tova Lifshitz, Ohad S. Birk

Open Access Case report

W44X mutation in the WWOX gene causes intractable seizures and developmental delay: a case report

Loai Elsaadany, Mahmoud El-Said, Rehab Ali, Hussein Kamel, Tawfeg Ben-Omran

Open Access Research article

TAS2R38 taste receptor gene and chronic rhinosinusitis: new data from an Italian population

Stefania Gallo, Sarah Grossi, Giulia Montrasio, Giorgio Binelli, Raffaella Cinquetti, Daniel Simmen, Paolo Castelnuovo, Paola Campomenosi

Open Access Case report

Duchenne muscular dystrophy caused by a frame-shift mutation in the acceptor splice site of intron 26

Mirella Meregalli, Simona Maciotta, Valentina Angeloni, Yvan Torrente

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Two novel MYH7 proline substitutions cause Laing Distal Myopathy-like phenotypes with variable expressivity and neck extensor contracture

Miora Feinstein-Linial, Massimo Buvoli, Ada Buvoli, Menachem Sadeh, Ron Dabby, Rachel Straussberg, Ilan Shelef, Daniel Dayan, Leslie Anne Leinwand, Ohad S. Birk

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Nonsynonymous variants in MYH9 and ABCA4 are the most frequent risk loci associated with nonsyndromic orofacial cleft in Taiwanese population

Hsiu-Huei Peng, Nai-Chung Chang, Kuo-Ting Chen, Jang-Jih Lu, Pi-Yueh Chang, Shih-Cheng Chang, Yah-Huei Wu-Chou, Yi-Ting Chou, Wanni Phang, Po-Jen Cheng

Open Access Research article

HABP2 germline variants are uncommon in familial nonmedullary thyroid cancer

Alexia L. Weeks, Scott G. Wilson, Lynley Ward, Jack Goldblatt, Jennie Hui, John P. Walsh

Open Access Research article

A novel variant in MYLK causes thoracic aortic dissections: genotypic and phenotypic description

Matias Hannuksela, Eva-Lena Stattin, Joakim Klar, Adam Ameur, Bengt Johansson, Karen Sörensen, Bo Carlberg

Open Access Research article

PDGF-D gene polymorphism is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality in elderly men

Urban Alehagen, Renate S. Olsen, Toste Länne, Andreas Matussek, Dick Wågsäter

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The role of mitochondrial genomics in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)

Rohini Mehta, Kianoush Jeiran, Aaron B. Koenig, Munkzhul Otgonsuren, Zachary Goodman, Ancha Baranova, Zobair Younossi

Open Access Research article

Genetic causes of Parkinson’s disease in the Maltese: a study of selected mutations in LRRK2, MTHFR, QDPR and SPR

Charmaine Zahra, Christine Tabone, Graziella Camilleri, Alex E. Felice, Rosienne Farrugia, Stephanie Bezzina Wettinger

Open Access Case report

Segregation between SMCHD1 mutation, D4Z4 hypomethylation and Facio-Scapulo-Humeral Dystrophy: a case report

Marie-Cécile Gaillard, Francesca Puppo, Stéphane Roche, Camille Dion, Emmanuelle Salort Campana, Virginie Mariot, Charlene Chaix, Catherine Vovan, Killian Mazaleyrat, Armand Tasmadjian, Rafaelle Bernard, Julie Dumonceaux, Shahram Attarian, Nicolas Lévy, Karine Nguyen, Frédérique Magdinier, Marc Bartoli

Open Access Research article

Association of CD247 (CD3ζ) gene polymorphisms with T1D and AITD in the population of northern Sweden

Dan Holmberg, Karin Ruikka, Petter Lindgren, Mats Eliasson, Sofia Mayans

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Association between global leukocyte DNA methylation and cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal women

Ramon Bossardi Ramos, Vitor Fabris, Sheila Bunecker Lecke, Maria Augusta Maturana, Poli Mara Spritzer

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No association between TGF-β1 polymorphisms and risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a large North African case-control study

Wafa Khaali, Khalid Moumad, El Khalil Ben Driss, Abdellatif Benider, Wided Ben Ayoub, Mokhtar Hamdi-Cherif, Kada Boualga, Elham Hassen, Marilys Corbex, Meriem Khyatti

Open Access Case report

Diagnosing FSGS without kidney biopsy – a novel INF2-mutation in a family with ESRD of unknown origin

Johannes Münch, Maik Grohmann, Tom H. Lindner, Carsten Bergmann, Jan Halbritter

Open Access Research article

CCM3/SERPINI1 bidirectional promoter variants in patients with cerebral cavernous malformations: a molecular and functional study

Concetta Scimone, Placido Bramanti, Alessia Ruggeri, Luigi Donato, Concetta Alafaci, Concetta Crisafulli, Massimo Mucciardi, Carmela Rinaldi, Antonina Sidoti, Rosalia D’Angelo

Open Access Case report

Identification of a novel GLA mutation (Y88C) in a Korean family with Fabry nephropathy: a case report

Yosep Chong, Minyoung Kim, Eun Sil Koh, Seok Joon Shin, Ho-Shik Kim, Sungjin Chung

Open Access Case report

Three novel mutations of STK11 gene in Chinese patients with Peutz–Jeghers syndrome

Hu Tan, Libin Mei, Yanru Huang, Pu Yang, Haoxian Li, Ying Peng, Chen Chen, Xianda Wei, Qian Pan, Desheng Liang, Lingqian Wu

Open Access Case report

Exome sequencing identifies pathogenic variants of VPS13B in a patient with familial 16p11.2 duplication

Jila Dastan, Chieko Chijiwa, Flamingo Tang, Sally Martell, Ying Qiao, Evica Rajcan-Separovic, M. E. Suzanne Lewis

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Lack of direct evidence for natural selection at the candidate thrifty gene locus, PPARGC1A

Murray Cadzow, Tony R. Merriman, James Boocock, Nicola Dalbeth, Lisa K. Stamp, Michael A. Black, Peter M. Visscher, Phillip L. Wilcox

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Clinical utility of array comparative genomic hybridisation in prenatal setting

Luca Lovrecic, Ziga Iztok Remec, Marija Volk, Gorazd Rudolf, Karin Writzl, Borut Peterlin

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Novel homozygous missense mutation in GAN associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 in a large consanguineous family from Israel

Sharon Aharoni, Katy E. S. Barwick, Rachel Straussberg, Gaurav V. Harlalka, Yoram Nevo, Barry A. Chioza, Meriel M. McEntagart, Aviva Mimouni-Bloch, Michael Weedon, Andrew H. Crosby

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Mutation of a common amino acid in NKX2.5 results in dilated cardiomyopathy in two large families

Alan Hanley, Katie A. Walsh, Caroline Joyce, Michael A. McLellan, Sebastian Clauss, Amaya Hagen, Marisa A. Shea, Nathan R. Tucker, Honghuang Lin, Gerard J. Fahy, Patrick T. Ellinor

Open Access Case report

Two hits in one: whole genome sequencing unveils LIG4 syndrome and urofacial syndrome in a case report of a child with complex phenotype

Abeer Fadda, Fiza Butt, Sara Tomei, Sara Deola, Bernice Lo, Amal Robay, Alya Al-Shakaki, Noor Al-Hajri, Ronald Crystal, Marios Kambouris, Ena Wang, Francesco M. Marincola, Khalid A. Fakhro, Chiara Cugno

Open Access Case report

Benign clear cell “sugar” tumor of the lung in a patient with Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome: a case report

Yoko Gunji-Niitsu, Toshio Kumasaka, Shigehiro Kitamura, Yoshito Hoshika, Takuo Hayashi, Hitoshi Tokuda, Riichiro Morita, Etsuko Kobayashi, Keiko Mitani, Mika Kikkawa, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Kuniaki Seyama

Open Access Case report

Functional validation of novel compound heterozygous variants in B3GAT3 resulting in severe osteopenia and fractures: expanding the disease phenotype

Florian Job, Shuji Mizumoto, Laurie Smith, Natario Couser, Ashley Brazil, Howard Saal, Melanie Patterson, Margaret I. Gibson, Sarah Soden, Neil Miller, Isabelle Thiffault, Carol Saunders, Shuhei Yamada, Katrin Hoffmann, Kazuyuki Sugahara, Emily Farrow

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Effect of Pregnane X Receptor*1B genetic polymorphisms on postoperative analgesia with fentanyl in Chinese patients undergoing gynecological surgery

Jing-Jing Yuan, Xiao-Jing Ma, Zhi-Song Li, Yan-Zi Chang, Wei Zhang, Quan-Cheng Kan, Jun-Kai Hou, Li-Rong Zhang

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Abnormal primary and permanent dentitions with ectodermal symptoms predict WNT10A deficiency

Birgitta Bergendal, Johanna Norderyd, Xiaolei Zhou, Joakim Klar, Niklas Dahl

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Assessment of copy number variations in 120 patients with Poland syndrome

Carlotta Maria Vaccari, Elisa Tassano, Michele Torre, Stefania Gimelli, Maria Teresa Divizia, Maria Victoria Romanini, Simone Bossi, Ilaria Musante, Maura Valle, Filippo Senes, Nunzio Catena, Maria Francesca Bedeschi, Anwar Baban, Maria Grazia Calevo, Massimo Acquaviva, Margherita Lerone, Roberto Ravazzolo, Aldamaria Puliti

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Physical activity and sedentary behavior can modulate the effect of the PNPLA3 variant on childhood NAFLD: a case-control study in a Chinese population

Shuo Wang, Jieyun Song, Xiaorui Shang, Nitesh Chawla, Yide Yang, Xiangrui Meng, Haijun Wang, Jun Ma

Open Access Case report

Whole exome sequencing identifies a novel missense FBN2 mutation co-segregating in a four-generation Chinese family with congenital contractural arachnodactyly

Xingping Guo, Chunying Song, Yaping Shi, Hongxia Li, Weijing Meng, Qinzhao Yuan, Jinjie Xue, Jun Xie, Yunxia Liang, Yanan Yuan, Baofeng Yu, Huaixiu Wang, Yun Chen, Lixin Qi, Xinmin Li

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microRNA-27a rs895819 is associated with obesity in HIV infected preeclamptic Black South African women on HAART

Niren Ray Maharaj, Prithiksha Ramkaran, Siddharthiya Pillay, Anil Amichund Chuturgoon

Open Access Case report

A novel ANO3 variant identified in a 53-year-old woman presenting with hyperkinetic dysarthria, blepharospasm, hyperkinesias, and complex motor tics

Patrick R. Blackburn, Michael T. Zimmermann, Jennifer M. Gass, Kimberly G. Harris, Margot A. Cousin, Nicole J. Boczek, Owen A. Ross, Eric W. Klee, Paul W. Brazis, Jay A. Van Gerpen, Paldeep S. Atwal

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Pseudomyxoma peritonei of a mature ovarian teratoma caused by mismatch repair deficiency in a patient with Lynch syndrome: a case report

Yoshimasa Gohda, Rei Noguchi, Tomoko Horie, Toru Igari, Harumi Nakamura, Yasunori Ohta, Kiyoshi Yamaguchi, Tsuneo Ikenoue, Seira Hatakeyama, Nozomi Yusa, Yoichi Furukawa, Hideaki Yano

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A single nucleotide polymorphism in the UMOD promoter is associated with end stage renal disease

Tingyu Chen, Qianliao Wang, Guisen Li, Li Wang

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Short stature, platyspondyly, hip dysplasia, and retinal detachment: an atypical type II collagenopathy caused by a novel mutation in the C-propeptide region of COL2A1: a case report

Apiruk Sangsin, Chalurmpon Srichomthong, Monnat Pongpanich, Kanya Suphapeetiporn, Vorasuk Shotelersuk

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First case report of inherited Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome associated with a novel EP300 variant

María López, Verónica Seidel, Paula Santibáñez, Cristina Cervera-Acedo, Pedro Castro-de Castro, Elena Domínguez-Garrido

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Sacral agenesis: a pilot whole exome sequencing and copy number study

Robert M. Porsch, Elisa Merello, Patrizia De Marco, Guo Cheng, Laura Rodriguez, Manting So, Pak C. Sham, Paul K. Tam, Valeria Capra, Stacey S. Cherny, Maria-Mercè Garcia-Barcelo, Desmond D. Campbell