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BMC Medical Genetics

Ausgabe 1/2018

Inhalt (216 Artikel)

Open Access Case report

Cardiac manifestations of PRKAG2 mutation

Pooya Banankhah, Gregory A. Fishbein, Anthony Dota, Reza Ardehali

Open Access Research article

HLA class I (-A, -B, -C) and class II (-DR, -DQ) polymorphism in the Mauritanian population

Cheikh Tijani Hamed, Ghlana Meiloud, Fatimetou Veten, Mouna Hadrami, Sidi M. Ghaber, Ely C. Boussaty, Norddine Habti, Ahmed Houmeida

Open Access Research article

Quality of life scores differs between genotypic groups of patients with suspected hereditary hemochromatosis

Paula Fernanda Silva Fonseca, Rodolfo Delfini Cançado, Flavio Augusto Naoum, Carla Luana Dinardo, Guilherme Henrique Hencklain Fonseca, Sandra Fatima Menosi Gualandro, José Eduardo Krieger, Alexandre Costa Pereira, Pierre Brissot, Paulo Caleb Junior Lima Santos

Open Access Research article

Effect of GRM7 polymorphisms on the development of noise-induced hearing loss in Chinese Han workers: a nested case-control study

Peipei Yu, Jie Jiao, Guoshun Chen, Wenhui Zhou, Huanling Zhang, Hui Wu, Yanhong Li, Guizhen Gu, Yuxin Zheng, Yue Yu, Shanfa Yu

Open Access Research article

A novel compound heterozygous variant identified in GLDC gene in a Chinese family with non-ketotic hyperglycinemia

Yiming Lin, Zhenzhu Zheng, Wenjia Sun, Qingliu Fu

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Spectrum of PAH gene variants among a population of Han Chinese patients with phenylketonuria from northern China

Ning Liu, Qiuying Huang, Qingge Li, Dehua Zhao, Xiaole Li, Lixia Cui, Ying Bai, Yin Feng, Xiangdong Kong

Open Access Case report

Fanconi anemia with sun-sensitivity caused by a Xeroderma pigmentosum-associated missense mutation in XPF

Isabell Popp, Maqsood Punekar, Nick Telford, Stavros Stivaros, Kate Chandler, Meenakshi Minnis, Anna Castleton, Claire Higham, Louise Hopewell, D. Gareth Evans, Anja Raams, Arjan F. Theil, Stefan Meyer, Detlev Schindler

Open Access Case report

Bilateral giant retinal tears in Osteogenesis Imperfecta

Paolo Scollo, Martin Paul Snead, Allan James Richards, Rebecca Pollitt, Catherine DeVile

Open Access Case report

A case of molecularly profiled extraneural medulloblastoma metastases in a child

Nahla Ali Mobark, Musa Al-Harbi, Othman Mosleh, Sandro Santagata, Matija Snuderl, Malak Abedalthagafi

Open Access Research article

Establishing a genetic link between FTO and VDR gene polymorphisms and obesity in the Emirati population

Saad Mahmud Khan, Sarah El Hajj Chehadeh, Mehera Abdulrahman, Wael Osman, Habiba Al Safar

Open Access Research article

FANCM and RECQL genetic variants and breast cancer susceptibility: relevance to South Poland and West Ukraine

Tú Nguyen-Dumont, Aleksander Myszka, Pawel Karpinski, Maria M. Sasiadek, Hayane Akopyan, Fleur Hammet, Helen Tsimiklis, Daniel J. Park, Bernard J. Pope, Ryszard Slezak, Nataliya Kitsera, Aleksandra Siekierzynska, Melissa C. Southey

Open Access Research article

The association between BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and emotional symptoms after mild traumatic brain injury

Yu-Jia Wang, Kai-Yun Chen, Li-Na Kuo, Wen-Chang Wang, Yu-Wen Hsu, Henry Sung-Ching Wong, Chien-Min Lin, Kuo-Hsing Liao, Yan-Feng Zhang, Yung-Hsiao Chiang, Wei-Chiao Chang

Open Access Research article

Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome in two Chinese families with mutations in the FLCN gene

Xiaocan Hou, Yuan Zhou, Yun Peng, Rong Qiu, Kun Xia, Beisha Tang, Wei Zhuang, Hong Jiang

Open Access Research article

Expanded carrier screening and preimplantation genetic diagnosis in a couple who delivered a baby affected with congenital factor VII deficiency

Wen-Bin He, Yue-Qiu Tan, Xiao Hu, Wen Li, Bo Xiong, Ke-Li Luo, Fei Gong, Guang-Xiu Lu, Ge Lin, Juan Du

Open Access Research article

A novel compound heterozygous variant of the SLC12A3 gene in Gitelman syndrome pedigree

Yixin Chen, Ziyi Zhang, Xihua Lin, Qianqian Pan, Fenping Zheng, Hong Li

Open Access Case report

Inclusion of joint laxity, recurrent patellar dislocation, and short distal ulnae as a feature of Van Den Ende-Gupta syndrome: a case report

Mohammad M. Al-Qattan, Doaa F. Andejani, Nadia A. Sakati, Khushnooda Ramzan, Faiqa Imtiaz

Open Access Case report

Whole exome sequencing of benign pulmonary metastasizing leiomyoma reveals mutation in the BMP8B gene

Deniss Sõritsa, Hindrek Teder, Retlav Roosipuu, Hannes Tamm, Triin Laisk-Podar, Pille Soplepmann, Alan Altraja, Andres Salumets, Maire Peters

Open Access Research article

Comprehensive genomic analysis identifies pathogenic variants in maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) patients in South India

Viswanathan Mohan, Venkatesan Radha, Thong T. Nguyen, Eric W. Stawiski, Kanika Bajaj Pahuja, Leonard D. Goldstein, Jennifer Tom, Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Monica Kong-Beltran, Tushar Bhangale, Suresh Jahnavi, Radhakrishnan Chandni, Vijay Gayathri, Paul George, Na Zhang, Sakthivel Murugan, Sameer Phalke, Subhra Chaudhuri, Ravi Gupta, Jingli Zhang, Sam Santhosh, Jeremy Stinson, Zora Modrusan, V. L. Ramprasad, Somasekar Seshagiri, Andrew S. Peterson

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Validation of genotype imputation in Southeast Asian populations and the effect of single nucleotide polymorphism annotation on imputation outcome

Worachart Lert-itthiporn, Bhoom Suktitipat, Harald Grove, Anavaj Sakuntabhai, Prida Malasit, Nattaya Tangthawornchaikul, Fumihiko Matsuda, Prapat Suriyaphol

Open Access Research article

The impact of down-regulated SK3 expressions on Hirschsprung disease

Gunadi, Mukhamad Sunardi, Nova Yuli Prasetyo Budi, Alvin Santoso Kalim, Kristy Iskandar, Andi Dwihantoro

Open Access Case report

Identification of novel L2HGDH mutation in a large consanguineous Pakistani family- a case report

Muhammad Ikram Ullah, Abdul Nasir, Arsalan Ahmad, Gaurav Vijay Harlalka, Wasim Ahmad, Muhammad Jawad Hassan, Emma L. Baple, Andrew H. Crosby, Barry A. Chioza

Open Access Research article

Identification of genetic variants for clinical management of familial colorectal tumors

Mev Dominguez-Valentin, Sigve Nakken, Hélène Tubeuf, Daniel Vodak, Per Olaf Ekstrøm, Anke M. Nissen, Monika Morak, Elke Holinski-Feder, Alexandra Martins, Pål Møller, Eivind Hovig

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Association of matrix metalloprotease 1, 3, and 12 polymorphisms with rheumatic heart disease in a Chinese Han population

Wei Hu, Yujia Ye, Yirui Yin, Peng Sang, Linhua Li, Jing Wang, Wen Wan, Rui Li, Xiangfeng Bai, Yuehui Xie, Zhaohui Meng

Open Access Research article

Altered DNA methylation in liver and adipose tissues derived from individuals with obesity and type 2 diabetes

Francisco Barajas-Olmos, Federico Centeno-Cruz, Carlos Zerrweck, Iván Imaz-Rosshandler, Angélica Martínez-Hernández, Emilio J. Cordova, Claudia Rangel-Escareño, Faustino Gálvez, Armando Castillo, Hernán Maydón, Francisco Campos, Diana Gabriela Maldonado-Pintado, Lorena Orozco

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Expansion of phenotypic spectrum of MYO15A pathogenic variants to include postlingual onset of progressive partial deafness

Mun Young Chang, Chung Lee, Jin Hee Han, Min Young Kim, Hye-Rim Park, Nayoung Kim, Woong-Yang Park, Doo Yi Oh, Byung Yoon Choi

Open Access Case report

Difficult diagnosis and genetic analysis of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva: a case report

Shengjie Tian, Jianhua Zhu, Yaogang Lu

Open Access Case report

Identification of novel KMT2D mutations in two Chinese children with Kabuki syndrome: a case report and systematic literature review

Chengqi Xin, Chun Wang, Yachen Wang, Jingyuan Zhao, Liang Wang, Runjie Li, Jing Liu

Open Access Research article

What to consider when pseudohypoparathyroidism is ruled out: iPPSD and differential diagnosis

Arrate Pereda, Intza Garin, E. Anda, S. Berrade, M. A. Ramos-Arroyo, R. Rodríguez Erdozain, A. Vicente, R. Rodriguez-Lopez, A. Moreno, M. Guitart, R. Oancea-Ionescu, O. Perez Rodriguez, S. Molinos Castro, E. Meriño, J. L. Salvador-Sanchis, P. López Mondejar, M. Zapico, E. Palomo, P. Rozas Moreno, F. Aleixandre-Blanquer, J. Argente Oliver, G. Martos, J. Pozo, O. Rubio-Cabezas, L. Bilbao Gasso, G. Marti, L. Martorell, R. Cardona, L. Suarez, S. Zambudio Sert, M. Obon, A. Sanchis Calvo, F. Moreno Macian, J. Cruz-Rojo, L. Garzon Lorenzo, J. Sanchez del Pozo, I. Riaño, M. Lahera Vargas, F. Blanco-Kelly, M. I. Lorda Sanchez, L. Soriano Guillen, S. Tahsin Swafiri, A. Azriel, B. Lecumberri, J. C. Moreno, V. Garcia Nieto, J. Garcia Diaz, R. Marin Iglesias, M. Martin Fuentes, A. Casteras, M. Clemente Leon, M. Ballesta-Martinez, M. J. Sanchez Soler, A. Gonzalez Meneses, J. Lopez Lopez, M. J. Garcia Barcina, B. Gener, I. Llano, M. Bonet Alcaina, Guiomar Perez de Nanclares

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Involvement of polymorphisms of the nerve growth factor and its receptor encoding genes in the etiopathogenesis of ischemic stroke

Ani Stepanyan, Roksana Zakharyan, Arsen Simonyan, Gohar Tsakanova, Arsen Arakelyan

Open Access Research article

Compound heterozygous variants in the multiple PDZ domain protein (MPDZ) cause a case of mild non-progressive communicating hydrocephalus

Nesreen K. Al-Jezawi, Aisha M. Al-Shamsi, Jehan Suleiman, Salma Ben-Salem, Anne John, Ranjit Vijayan, Bassam R. Ali, Lihadh Al-Gazali

Open Access Case report

A case of an infant suspected as IMAGE syndrome who were finally diagnosed with MIRAGE syndrome by targeted Mendelian exome sequencing

Yoon-Myung Kim, Go Hun Seo, Gu-Hwan Kim, Jung Min Ko, Jin-Ho Choi, Han-Wook Yoo

Open Access Research article

Rubinstein-Taybi 2 associated to novel EP300 mutations: deepening the clinical and genetic spectrum

María López, Alberto García-Oguiza, Judith Armstrong, Inmaculada García-Cobaleda, Sixto García-Miñaur, Fernando Santos-Simarro, Verónica Seidel, Elena Domínguez-Garrido

Open Access Case report

An unexpected, mild phenotype of glucocorticoid resistance associated with glucocorticoid receptor gene mutation case report and review of the literature

Ágnes Molnár, Attila Patócs, István Likó, Gábor Nyírő, Károly Rácz, Miklós Tóth, Beatrix Sármán

Open Access Research article

Meta-analysis of association between TCF7L2 polymorphism rs7903146 and type 2 diabetes mellitus

Weiyue Ding, Li Xu, Lejun Zhang, Zhijie Han, Qinghua Jiang, Zhe Wang, Shuilin Jin

Open Access Research article

Lack of genetic susceptibility in takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a case-control study

Emma Mattsson, Peter Saliba-Gustafsson, Ewa Ehrenborg, Per Tornvall

Open Access Research article

A unique homozygous WRAP53 Arg298Trp mutation underlies dyskeratosis congenita in a Chinese Han family

Yingqi Shao, Sizhou Feng, Jinbo Huang, Jiali Huo, Yahong You, Yizhou Zheng

Open Access Case report

Novel heterozygous pathogenic variants in CHUK in a patient with AEC-like phenotype, immune deficiencies and 1q21.1 microdeletion syndrome: a case report

Maxime Cadieux-Dion, Nicole P. Safina, Kendra Engleman, Carol Saunders, Elena Repnikova, Nikita Raje, Kristi Canty, Emily Farrow, Neil Miller, Lee Zellmer, Isabelle Thiffault

Open Access Research article

S100B polymorphisms are associated with age of onset of Parkinson’s disease

Camilla Fardell, Anna Zettergren, Caroline Ran, Andrea Carmine Belin, Agneta Ekman, Olof Sydow, Lars Bäckman, Björn Holmberg, Nil Dizdar, Peter Söderkvist, Hans Nissbrandt

Open Access Research article

UCP2 and UCP3 variants and gene-environment interaction associated with prediabetes and T2DM in a rural population: a case control study in China

Meifang Su, Xiaoying Chen, Yue Chen, Congyun Wang, Songtao Li, Xuhua Ying, Tian Xiao, Na Wang, Qingwu Jiang, Chaowei Fu

Open Access Research article

HRG C633T polymorphism and risk of gestational hypertensive disorders: a pilot study

Evangelia Elenis, Alkistis Skalkidou, Agneta Skoog-Svanberg, Gunilla Sydsjö, Anneli Stavreus-Evers, Helena Åkerud

Open Access Research article

Clinical utility of exome sequencing in individuals with large homozygous regions detected by chromosomal microarray analysis

Aparna Prasad, Matthew A. Sdano, Rena J. Vanzo, Patricia A. Mowery-Rushton, Moises A. Serrano, Charles H. Hensel, E. Robert Wassman

Open Access Case report

NAA10 dysfunction with normal NatA-complex activity in a girl with non-syndromic ID and a de novo NAA10 p.(V111G) variant – a case report

Nina McTiernan, Svein Isungset Støve, Ingvild Aukrust, Marita Torrisen Mårli, Line M. Myklebust, Gunnar Houge, Thomas Arnesen

Open Access Research article

MiR-146a G/C rs2910164 variation in South African Indian and Caucasian patients with psoriatic arthritis

Ajesh B. Maharaj, Pragalathan Naidoo, Terisha Ghazi, Naeem S. Abdul, Shanel Dhani, Taskeen F. Docrat, Prithiksha Ramkaran, Paul-Peter Tak, Niek de Vries, Anil A. Chuturgoon

Open Access Case report

A novel germline ARMC5 mutation in a patient with bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia: a case report

Qiuli Liu, Dali Tong, Jing Xu, Xingxia Yang, Yuting Yi, Dianzheng Zhang, Luofu Wang, Jun Zhang, Yao Zhang, Yaoming Li, Lianpeng Chang, Rongrong Chen, Yanfang Guan, Xin Yi, Jun Jiang

Open Access Research article

The prevalence of heterozygous F12 mutations in Chinese population and its relevance to incidents of thrombosis

Xi Wu, Qiulan Ding, Xuefeng Wang, Jing Dai, Wenman Wu

Open Access Research article

Association of polymorphism rs1053005 in STAT3 with chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Han Chinese population

Man Li, Fang Li, Na Li, Jiao Sang, Xiude Fan, Huan Deng, Xiaoge Zhang, Qunying Han, Yi Lv, Zhengwen Liu

Open Access Technical advance

A method for determining haploid and triploid genotypes and their association with vascular phenotypes in Williams syndrome and 7q11.23 duplication syndrome

Michael D. Gregory, Bhaskar Kolachana, Yin Yao, Tiffany Nash, Dwight Dickinson, Daniel P. Eisenberg, Carolyn B. Mervis, Karen F. Berman

Open Access Case report

Genetic analysis and clinical assessment of four patients with Glycogen Storage Disease Type IIIa in China

Yu Zhang, Mingming Xu, Xiaoxia Chen, Aijuan Yan, Guoyong Zhang, Zhenguo Liu, Wenjuan Qiu

Open Access Research article

Cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 5 subunit polymorphisms are associated with smoking cessation success in women

Paulo Roberto Xavier Tomaz, Juliana Rocha Santos, Jaqueline Scholz, Tânia Ogawa Abe, Patrícia Viviane Gaya, André Brooking Negrão, José Eduardo Krieger, Alexandre Costa Pereira, Paulo Caleb Júnior Lima Santos

Open Access Research article

Clinical and molecular genetic risk determinants in adult long QT syndrome type 1 and 2 patients

Mikael Koponen, Aki S. Havulinna, Annukka Marjamaa, Annukka M. Tuiskula, Veikko Salomaa, Päivi J. Laitinen-Forsblom, Kirsi Piippo, Lauri Toivonen, Kimmo Kontula, Matti Viitasalo, Heikki Swan

Open Access Research article

Targeted next generation sequencing with an extended gene panel does not impact variant detection in mitochondrial diseases

Morgane Plutino, Annabelle Chaussenot, Cécile Rouzier, Samira Ait-El-Mkadem, Konstantina Fragaki, Véronique Paquis-Flucklinger, Sylvie Bannwarth

Open Access Case report

A novel mutation in the BCHE gene and phenotype identified in a child with low butyrylcholinesterase activity: a case report

Rentao Yu, Yanzhi Guo, Yunjie Dan, Wenting Tan, Qing Mao, Guohong Deng

Open Access Research article

Association of IL10 and TGFB single nucleotide polymorphisms with intervertebral disc degeneration in Iranian population: a case control study

Sara Hanaei, Sina Abdollahzade, Maryam Sadr, Mohammad Hossein Mirbolouk, Alireza Khoshnevisan, Nima Rezaei

Open Access Case report

Identification of a novel nonsense mutation in SH2D1A in a patient with X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome type 1: a case report

Xiaodong Lyu, Zhen Guo, Yangwei Li, Ruihua Fan, Yongping Song

Open Access Case report

Identification and characterization of a novel 43-bp deletion mutation of the ATP7B gene in a Chinese patient with Wilson’s disease: a case report

Gang Liu, Dingyuan Ma, Jian Cheng, Jingjing Zhang, Chunyu Luo, Yun Sun, Ping Hu, Yuguo Wang, Tao Jiang, Zhengfeng Xu

Open Access Research article

Influence of maternal and own genotype at tanning dependence-related SNPs on sun exposure in childhood

Jasmine Khouja, Sarah J. Lewis, Carolina Bonilla

Open Access Case report

A novel TEX11 mutation induces azoospermia: a case report of infertile brothers and literature review

Yanwei Sha, Liangkai Zheng, Zhiyong Ji, Libin Mei, Lu Ding, Shaobin Lin, Xu Wang, Xiaoyu Yang, Ping Li

Open Access Research article

An unusually high frequency of SCAD deficiency caused by two pathogenic variants in the ACADS gene and its relationship to the ethnic structure in Slovakia

Jana Lisyová, Ján Chandoga, Petra Jungová, Marcel Repiský, Mária Knapková, Martina Machková, Svetozár Dluholucký, Darina Behúlová, Jana Šaligová, Ľudmila Potočňáková, Miroslava Lysinová, Daniel Böhmer

Open Access Research article

Dopamine D2 receptor gene polymorphisms and externalizing behaviors in children and adolescents

Osmar Henrique Della Torre, Lúcia Arisaka Paes, Taciane Barbosa Henriques, Maricilda Palandi de Mello, Eloisa Helena Rubello Valler Celeri, Paulo Dalgalarrondo, Gil Guerra-Júnior, Amilton dos Santos-Júnior

Open Access Research article

Prenatal diagnosis in a hereditary Peutz-Jeghers syndrome family with high cancer risk

Zhiqing Wang, Shu Liu, Siping Liu, Yadong Wang, Junsheng Chen, Baoping Wu

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Association of APEX1 and OGG1 gene polymorphisms with breast cancer risk among Han women in the Gansu Province of China

Tao Wang, Haitao Wang, Suisheng Yang, Hongyun Guo, Binming Zhang, Huan Guo, Lan Wang, Gongjian Zhu, Yongdong Zhang, Haihong Zhou, Xiuli Zhang, Haining Li, Haixiang Su

Open Access Case report

A novel mutation in the TG gene (G2322S) causing congenital hypothyroidism in a Sudanese family: a case report

Y. Watanabe, E. Sharwood, B. Goodwin, M. K. Creech, H. Y. Hassan, M. G. Netea, M. Jaeger, A. Dumitrescu, S. Refetoff, T. Huynh, R. E. Weiss

Open Access Case report

Dual novel mutations in SLC26A2 in two siblings with multiple epiphyseal dysplasia 4 from a Chinese family: a case report

Taifeng Zhou, Yongqian Wang, Hang Zhou, Zhiheng Liao, Bo Gao, Deying Su, Shuhui Zheng, Caixia Xu, Peiqiang Su

Open Access Research article

Genome-wide association studies for diabetic macular edema and proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Patricia S. Graham, Georgia Kaidonis, Sotoodeh Abhary, Mark C. Gillies, Mark Daniell, Rohan W. Essex, John H. Chang, Stewart R. Lake, Bishwanath Pal, Alicia J. Jenkins, Alex W. Hewitt, Ecosse L. Lamoureux, Philip G. Hykin, Nikolai Petrovsky, Matthew A. Brown, Jamie E. Craig, Kathryn P. Burdon

Open Access Case report

Case report of a novel homozygous splice site mutation in PLA2G6 gene causing infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy in a Sudanese family

Liena E. O. Elsayed, Inaam N. Mohammed, Ahlam A. A. Hamed, Maha A. Elseed, Mustafa A. M. Salih, Ashraf Yahia, Rayan A. Siddig, Mutaz Amin, Mahmoud Koko, Mustafa I. Elbashir, Muntaser E. Ibrahim, Alexis Brice, Ammar E. Ahmed, Giovanni Stevanin

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Mutation analysis of SLC26A4 (Pendrin) gene in a Brazilian sample of hearing-impaired subjects

Renata Watanabe Nonose, Karina Lezirovitz, Maria Teresa Balester de Mello Auricchio, Ana Carla Batissoco, Guilherme Lopes Yamamoto, Regina Célia Mingroni-Netto

Open Access Case report

Classical fragile-X phenotype in a female infant disclosed by comprehensive genomic studies

Paula Jorge, Elsa Garcia, Ana Gonçalves, Isabel Marques, Nuno Maia, Bárbara Rodrigues, Helena Santos, Jacinta Fonseca, Gabriela Soares, Cecília Correia, Margarida Reis-Lima, Vincenzo Cirigliano, Rosário Santos

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Genome-wide association study identified ATP6V1H locus influencing cerebrospinal fluid BACE activity

Hao Hu, Haiyan Li, Jieqiong Li, Jintai Yu, Lan Tan

Open Access Case report

A case of Raine syndrome presenting with facial dysmorphy and review of literature

Jayesh Sheth, Riddhi Bhavsar, Ajit Gandhi, Frenny Sheth, Dhairya Pancholi

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Next-generation sequencing reveals a new mutation in the LTBP2 gene associated with microspherophakia in a Spanish family

Laura Alías, Jaume Crespi, Lidia González-Quereda, Jesús Téllez, Elisabeth Martínez, Sara Bernal, Ma Pia Gallano

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Possible association between ABCC8 C49620T polymorphism and type 2 diabetes in a Nigerian population

Godwill Azeh Engwa, Friday Nweke Nwalo, Claribel Chidimma Chikezie, Christie Oby Onyia, Opeolu Oyejide Ojo, Wilfred Fon Mbacham, Benjamin Ewa Ubi

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Novel aggrecan variant, p. Gln2364Pro, causes severe familial nonsyndromic adult short stature and poor growth hormone response in Chinese children

Dandan Xu, Chengjun Sun, Zeyi Zhou, Bingbing Wu, Lin Yang, Zhuo Chang, Miaoying Zhang, Li Xi, Ruoqian Cheng, Jinwen Ni, Feihong Luo

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Cortical atrophy and hypofibrinogenemia due to FGG and TBCD mutations in a single family: a case report

Joshi Stephen, Sheela Nampoothiri, K. P. Vinayan, Dhanya Yesodharan, Preetha Remesh, William A. Gahl, May Christine V. Malicdan

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The conserved p.Arg108 residue in S1PR2 (DFNB68) is fundamental for proper hearing: evidence from a consanguineous Iranian family

Michaela A. H. Hofrichter, Majid Mojarad, Julia Doll, Clemens Grimm, Atiye Eslahi, Neda Sadat Hosseini, Mohsen Rajati, Tobias Müller, Marcus Dittrich, Reza Maroofian, Thomas Haaf, Barbara Vona

Open Access Case report

Identification of a novel nonsense mutation in the UNC13D gene from a patient with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a case report

Xijiang Hu, Dongling Liu, Xiwen Jiang, Bo Gao, Changying Chen

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Analysis of the PvuII and XbaI polymorphisms in the estrogen receptor alpha gene in girls with central precocious puberty: a pilot study

José Maria Soares-Jr, Felisbela Soares de Holanda, Cézar Noboru Matsuzaki, Isabel Cristina Esposito Sorpreso, Eduardo Carvalho de Arruda Veiga, Luiz Carlos de Abreu, Kátia Cândido Carvalho, Edmund Chada Baracat

Open Access Case report

Dyskeratosis congenita with a novel genetic variant in the DKC1 gene: a case report

Vithiya Ratnasamy, Suganthan Navaneethakrishnan, Nirmala Dushyanthi Sirisena, Nana-Maria Grüning, Oliver Brandau, Kumanan Thirunavukarasu, Casey L. Dagnall, Lisa J. McReynolds, Sharon A. Savage, Vajira H. W. Dissanayake

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Splicing defect in FKBP10 gene causes autosomal recessive osteogenesis imperfecta disease: a case report

Fatemeh Maghami, Seyed Mohammad Bagher Tabei, Hossein Moravej, Hassan Dastsooz, Farzaneh Modarresi, Mohammad Silawi, Mohammad Ali Faghihi

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The genetic basis of hyaline fibromatosis syndrome in patients from a consanguineous background: a case series

Leila Youssefian, Hassan Vahidnezhad, Andrew Touati, Vahid Ziaee, Amir Hossein Saeidian, Sara Pajouhanfar, Sirous Zeinali, Jouni Uitto

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Clinical and genetic characterization of a Chanarin Dorfman Syndrome patient born to diseased parents

Murat Durdu, Sara Missaglia, Laura Moro, Daniela Tavian

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Clinical and genetic characteristics of pulmonary arterial hypertension in Lebanon

Ossama K. Abou Hassan, Wiam Haidar, Georges Nemer, Hadi Skouri, Fadi Haddad, Imad BouAkl

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A novel TSC2 missense variant associated with a variable phenotype of tuberous sclerosis complex: case report of a Chinese family

Feng Wang, Shiyi Xiong, Lin Wu, Maya Chopra, Xihong Hu, Bingbing Wu

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An inherited FGFR2 mutation increased osteogenesis gene expression and result in Crouzon syndrome

Jiayan Fan, Yinwei Li, Renbing Jia, Xianqun Fan

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Chinese cases of early infantile epileptic encephalopathy: a novel mutation in the PCDH19 gene was proved in a mosaic male- case report

Yuxia Tan, Mei Hou, Shaochun Ma, Peipei Liu, Shungang Xia, Yu Wang, Liping Chen, Zongbo Chen

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Impact of KCNQ1, CDKN2A/2B, CDKAL1, HHEX, MTNR1B, SLC30A8, TCF7L2, and UBE2E2 on risk of developing type 2 diabetes in Thai population

Nattachet Plengvidhya, Chutima Chanprasert, Nalinee Chongjaroen, Pa-thai Yenchitsomanus, Mayuree Homsanit, Watip Tangjittipokin

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Rapid and effective response of the R222Q SCN5A to quinidine treatment in a patient with Purkinje-related ventricular arrhythmia and familial dilated cardiomyopathy: a case report

Joanna Zakrzewska-Koperska, Maria Franaszczyk, Zofia Bilińska, Grażyna Truszkowska, Małgorzata Karczmarz, Łukasz Szumowski, Tomasz Zieliński, Rafał Płoski, Maria Bilińska

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Exome sequencing identifies novel dysferlin mutation in a family with pauci-symptomatic heterozygous carriers

Mahjoubeh Jalali-Sefid-Dashti, Melissa Nel, Jeannine M. Heckmann, Junaid Gamieldien

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Common variant of BCAS3 is associated with gout risk in Japanese population: the first replication study after gout GWAS in Han Chinese

Masayuki Sakiyama, Hirotaka Matsuo, Hirofumi Nakaoka, Yusuke Kawamura, Makoto Kawaguchi, Toshihide Higashino, Akiyoshi Nakayama, Airi Akashi, Jun Ueyama, Takaaki Kondo, Kenji Wakai, Yutaka Sakurai, Ken Yamamoto, Hiroshi Ooyama, Nariyoshi Shinomiya

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PHACTR1 splicing isoforms and eQTLs in atherosclerosis-relevant human cells

Valérie-Anne Codina-Fauteux, Mélissa Beaudoin, Simon Lalonde, Ken Sin Lo, Guillaume Lettre

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A systematic review and meta-analyses of the relationship between glutathione S-transferase gene polymorphisms and renal cell carcinoma susceptibility

Zhiqing Zhong, Hongyan Li, Hongzhen Zhong, Tianbiao Zhou, Weiji Xie, Zhijun Lin

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A novel homozygous variant of GPR98 causes usher syndrome type IIC in a consanguineous Chinese family by next generation sequencing

Chunli Wei, Lisha Yang, Jingliang Cheng, Saber Imani, Shangyi Fu, Hongbin Lv, Yumei Li, Rui Chen, Elaine Lai-Han Leung, Junjiang Fu

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Mosaicism of the UDP-Galactose transporter SLC35A2 in a female causing a congenital disorder of glycosylation: a case report

Kristen Westenfield, Kyriakie Sarafoglou, Laura C. Speltz, Elizabeth I. Pierpont, Joan Steyermark, David Nascene, Matthew Bower, Mary Ella Pierpont

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Clinical characteristics and spectrum of NF1 mutations in 12 unrelated Chinese families with neurofibromatosis type 1

Bin Mao, Siyu Chen, Xin Chen, Xiumei Yu, Xiaojia Zhai, Tao Yang, Lulu Li, Zheng Wang, Xiuli Zhao, Xue Zhang

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