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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Ausgabe 1/2012

Inhalt (103 Artikel)

Open Access Review

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Juan A Tovar

Open Access Review

Chromosome 15q24 microdeletion syndrome

Pilar L Magoulas, Ayman W El-Hattab

Open Access Research

ESR1, HK3 and BRSK1 gene variants are associated with both age at natural menopause and premature ovarian failure

Yingying Qin, Mei Sun, Li You, Deying Wei, Jielin Sun, Xiaoyan Liang, Bo Zhang, Hong Jiang, Jianfeng Xu, Zi-Jiang Chen

Open Access Research

Clinical and neurocognitive outcome in symptomatic isovaleric acidemia

Sarah C Grünert, Udo Wendel, Martin Lindner, Michael Leichsenring, K Otfried Schwab, Jerry Vockley, Willy Lehnert, Regina Ensenauer

Open Access Review

Gaucher disease and the synucleinopathies: refining the relationship

Tessa N Campbell, Francis YM Choy

Open Access Research

Clinical expression of Menkes disease in females with normal karyotype

Lisbeth Birk Møller, Malgorzata Lenartowicz, Marie-Therese Zabot, Arnaud Josiane, Lydie Burglen, Chris Bennett, Daniel Riconda, Richard Fisher, Sandra Janssens, Shehla Mohammed, Margreet Ausems, Zeynep Tümer, Nina Horn, Thomas G Jensen

Open Access Research

Preferential expression of mutant ABCD1 allele is common in adrenoleukodystrophy female carriers but unrelated to clinical symptoms

Ettore Salsano, Silvia Tabano, Silvia M Sirchia, Patrizia Colapietro, Barbara Castellotti, Cinzia Gellera, Marco Rimoldi, Viviana Pensato, Caterina Mariotti, Davide Pareyson, Monica Miozzo, Graziella Uziel

Open Access Review

Gastric lactobezoar - a rare disorder?

Peter Heinz-Erian, Ingmar Gassner, Andreas Klein-Franke, Veronika Jud, Rudolf Trawoeger, Christian Niederwanger, Thomas Mueller, Bernhard Meister, Sabine Scholl-Buergi

Open Access Research

Evidence for decline in the incidence of cystic fibrosis: a 35-year observational study in Brittany, France

Virginie Scotet, Ingrid Duguépéroux, Philippe Saliou, Gilles Rault, Michel Roussey, Marie-Pierre Audrézet, Claude Férec

Open Access Research

Delineation and Diagnostic Criteria of Oral-Facial-Digital Syndrome Type VI

Andrea Poretti, Giuseppina Vitiello, Raoul CM Hennekam, Filippo Arrigoni, Enrico Bertini, Renato Borgatti, Francesco Brancati, Stefano D'Arrigo, Francesca Faravelli, Lucio Giordano, Thierry AGM Huisman, Miriam Iannicelli, Gerhard Kluger, Marten Kyllerman, Magnus Landgren, Melissa M Lees, Lorenzo Pinelli, Romina Romaniello, Ianina Scheer, Christoph E Schwarz, Ronen Spiegel, Daniel Tibussek, Enza Maria Valente, Eugen Boltshauser

Open Access Review

Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS)

Krystyna H Chrzanowska, Hanna Gregorek, Bożenna Dembowska-Bagińska, Maria A Kalina, Martin Digweed

Open Access Research

Novel C16orf57 mutations in patients with Poikiloderma with Neutropenia: bioinformatic analysis of the protein and predicted effects of all reported mutations

Elisa A Colombo, J Fernando Bazan, Gloria Negri, Cristina Gervasini, Nursel H Elcioglu, Deniz Yucelten, Ilknur Altunay, Umram Cetincelik, Anna Teti, Andrea Del Fattore, Matteo Luciani, Spencer K Sullivan, Albert C Yan, Ludovica Volpi, Lidia Larizza

Open Access Review

Pulmonary langerhans cell histiocytosis

Harpreet S Suri, Eunhee S Yi, Gregorz S Nowakowski, Robert Vassallo

Open Access Review

Endocrine manifestations related to inherited metabolic diseases in adults

Marie-Christine Vantyghem, Dries Dobbelaere, Karine Mention, Jean-Louis Wemeau, Jean-Marie Saudubray, Claire Douillard

Open Access Research

Mapping the genetic and clinical characteristics of Gaucher disease in the Iberian Peninsula

Pilar Giraldo, Pilar Alfonso, Pilar Irún, Laura Gort, Amparo Chabás, Lluïsa Vilageliu, Daniel Grinberg, Clara M Sá Miranda, Miguel Pocovi

Open Access Research

Public support for neonatal screening for Pompe disease, a broad-phenotype condition

Stephanie Shifra Weinreich, Tessel Rigter, Carla Geertruida van El, Wybo Jan Dondorp, Pieter Johannes Kostense, Ans T van der Ploeg, Arnold JJ Reuser, Martina Cornelia Cornel, Marloes Louise Catharina Hagemans

Open Access Research

Spectrum of pontocerebellar hypoplasia in 13 girls and boys with CASK mutations: confirmation of a recognizable phenotype and first description of a male mosaic patient

Lydie Burglen, Sandra Chantot-Bastaraud, Catherine Garel, Mathieu Milh, Renaud Touraine, Ginevra Zanni, Florence Petit, Alexandra Afenjar, Cyril Goizet, Sabina Barresi, Aurélie Coussement, Christine Ioos, Leila Lazaro, Sylvie Joriot, Isabelle Desguerre, Didier Lacombe, Vincent des Portes, Enrico Bertini, Jean-Pierre Siffroi, Thierry Billette de Villemeur, Diana Rodriguez

Open Access Research

Development and application of a next-generation-sequencing (NGS) approach to detect known and novel gene defects underlying retinal diseases

Isabelle Audo, Kinga M Bujakowska, Thierry Léveillard, Saddek Mohand-Saïd, Marie-Elise Lancelot, Aurore Germain, Aline Antonio, Christelle Michiels, Jean-Paul Saraiva, Mélanie Letexier, José-Alain Sahel, Shomi S Bhattacharya, Christina Zeitz

Open Access Research

Capturing phenotypic heterogeneity in MPS I: results of an international consensus procedure

Minke H de Ru, Quirine GA Teunissen, Johanna H van der Lee, Michael Beck, Olaf A Bodamer, Lorne A Clarke, Carla E Hollak, Shuan-Pei Lin, Maria-Verónica Muñoz Rojas, Gregory M Pastores, Julian A Raiman, Maurizio Scarpa, Eileen P Treacy, Anna Tylki-Szymanska, J Edmond Wraith, Jiri Zeman, Frits A Wijburg

Open Access Review

Cystinuria: an inborn cause of urolithiasis

Thomas Eggermann, Andreas Venghaus, Klaus Zerres

Open Access Research

Novel genetic linkage of rat Sp6 mutation to Amelogenesis imperfecta

Taro Muto, Keiko Miyoshi, Taigo Horiguchi, Hiroko Hagita, Takafumi Noma

Open Access Research

Array CGH improves detection of mutations in the GALC gene associated with Krabbe disease

Alice K Tanner, Ephrem L H Chin, Patricia K Duffner, Madhuri Hegde

Open Access Research

Improvement of genetic stability in lymphocytes from Fanconi anemia patients through the combined effect of α-lipoic acid and N-acetylcysteine

Filipa Ponte, Rosa Sousa, Ana Paula Fernandes, Cristina Gonçalves, José Barbot, Félix Carvalho, Beatriz Porto

Open Access Research

Miglustat therapy in the French cohort of paediatric patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C

Bénédicte Héron, Vassili Valayannopoulos, Julien Baruteau, Brigitte Chabrol, Hélène Ogier, Philippe Latour, Dries Dobbelaere, Didier Eyer, François Labarthe, Hélène Maurey, Jean-Marie Cuisset, Thierry Billette de Villemeur, Frédéric Sedel, Marie T Vanier

Open Access Research

Leucine-sensitive hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia in patients with loss of function mutations in 3-Hydroxyacyl-CoA Dehydrogenase

Amanda J Heslegrave, Ritika R Kapoor, Simon Eaton, Bernadette Chadefaux, Teoman Akcay, Enver Simsek, Sarah E Flanagan, Sian Ellard, Khalid Hussain

Open Access Research

Copper and bezafibrate cooperate to rescue cytochrome c oxidase deficiency in cells of patients with sco2 mutations

Alberto Casarin, Gianpietro Giorgi, Vanessa Pertegato, Roberta Siviero, Cristina Cerqua, Mara Doimo, Giuseppe Basso, Sabrina Sacconi, Matteo Cassina, Rosario Rizzuto, Sonja Brosel, Mercy M Davidson, Salvatore DiMauro, Eric A Schon, Maurizio Clementi, Eva Trevisson, Leonardo Salviati

Open Access Review

Hypoglycaemia related to inherited metabolic diseases in adults

Claire Douillard, Karine Mention, Dries Dobbelaere, Jean-Louis Wemeau, Jean-Marie Saudubray, Marie-Christine Vantyghem

Open Access Research

A long diagnostic delay in patients with Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia: a questionnaire-based retrospective study

Paola Pierucci, Gennaro M Lenato, Patrizia Suppressa, Patrizia Lastella, Vincenzo Triggiani, Raffaella Valerio, Mario Comelli, Daniela Salvante, Alessandro Stella, Nicoletta Resta, Giancarlo Logroscino, Francesco Resta, Carlo Sabbà

Open Access Letter to the Editor

The empowerment of translational research: lessons from laminopathies

Sara Benedetti, Pia Bernasconi, Enrico Bertini, Elena Biagini, Giuseppe Boriani, Cristina Capanni, Nicola Carboni, Giovanna Cenacchi, Marta Columbaro, Monica D'Adamo, Adele D’Amico, Maria Rosaria D’Apice, Marianna Fontana, Alessandra Gambineri, Giovanna Lattanzi, Rocco Liguori, Nadir M Maraldi, Laura Mazzanti, Eugenio Mercuri, Tiziana Mongini, Lucia O Morandi, Iria Neri, Giovanni Nigro, Giuseppe Novelli, Michela Ortolani, Renato Pasquali, Antonella Pini, Stefania Petrini, Luisa Politano, Stefano Previtali, Lisa Pucci, Claudio Rapezzi, Giulia Ricci, Carmelo Rodolico, Paolo Sbraccia, Emanuela Scarano, Gabriele Siciliano, Stefano Squarzoni, Antonio Toscano, Liliana Vercelli, Matteo Ziacchi

Open Access Review

A generalizable pre-clinical research approach for orphan disease therapy

Chandree L Beaulieu, Mark E Samuels, Sean Ekins, Christopher R McMaster, Aled M Edwards, Adrian R Krainer, Geoffrey G Hicks, Brendan J Frey, Kym M Boycott, Alex E MacKenzie

Open Access Research

A national internet-linked based database for pediatric interstitial lung diseases: the French network

Nadia Nathan, Rola Abou Taam, Ralph Epaud, Christophe Delacourt, Antoine Deschildre, Philippe Reix, Raphaël Chiron, Ulrika de Pontbriand, Jacques Brouard, Michaël Fayon, Jean-Christophe Dubus, Lisa Giovannini-Chami, François Bremont, Katia Bessaci, Cyril Schweitzer, Marie-Laure Dalphin, Christophe Marguet, Véronique Houdouin, Françoise Troussier, Anne Sardet, Eglantine Hullo, Isabelle Gibertini, Malika Mahloul, Delphine Michon, Adrien Priouzeau, Laurie Galeron, Jean-François Vibert, Guillaume Thouvenin, Harriet Corvol, Jacques deBlic, Annick Clement

Open Access Review

Cushing’s disease

Frederic Castinetti, Isabelle Morange, Bernard Conte-Devolx, Thierry Brue

Open Access Research

Complement factor I deficiency: a not so rare immune defect. Characterization of new mutations and the first large gene deletion

María Alba-Domínguez, Alberto López-Lera, Sofía Garrido, Pilar Nozal, Ignacio González-Granado, Josefa Melero, Pere Soler-Palacín, Carmen Cámara, Margarita López-Trascasa

Open Access Research

The treatable intellectual disability APP www.treatable-id.org: A digital tool to enhance diagnosis & care for rare diseases

Clara D M van Karnebeek, Roderick F A Houben, Mirafe Lafek, Wynona Giannasi, Sylvia Stockler

Open Access Research

Assessment of the structural and functional impact of in-frame mutations of the DMD gene, using the tools included in the eDystrophin online database

Aurélie Nicolas, Céline Lucchetti-Miganeh, Rabah Ben Yaou, Jean-Claude Kaplan, Jamel Chelly, France Leturcq, Frédérique Barloy-Hubler, Elisabeth Le Rumeur

Open Access Research

Inherited cobalamin malabsorption. Mutations in three genes reveal functional and ethnic patterns

Stephan M Tanner, Amy C Sturm, Elizabeth C Baack, Sandya Liyanarachchi, Albert de la Chapelle

Open Access Review

Behçet's disease

David Saadoun, Bertrand Wechsler

Open Access Research

A cross-sectional single-centre study on the spectrum of Pompe disease, German patients: molecular analysis of the GAA gene, manifestation and genotype-phenotype correlations

Andreas Herzog, Ralf Hartung, Arnold J J Reuser, Pia Hermanns, Heiko Runz, Nesrin Karabul, Seyfullah Gökce, Joachim Pohlenz, Christoph Kampmann, Christina Lampe, Michael Beck, Eugen Mengel

Open Access Review

Suggested guidelines for the diagnosis and management of urea cycle disorders

Johannes Häberle, Nathalie Boddaert, Alberto Burlina, Anupam Chakrapani, Marjorie Dixon, Martina Huemer, Daniela Karall, Diego Martinelli, Pablo Sanjurjo Crespo, René Santer, Aude Servais, Vassili Valayannopoulos, Martin Lindner, Vicente Rubio, Carlo Dionisi-Vici

Open Access Research

Clinical characteristics predicting internal neurofibromas in 357 children with neurofibromatosis-1: results from a cross-selectional study

Emilie Sbidian, Smaïl Hadj-Rabia, Vincent M Riccardi, Laurence L Valeyrie-Allanore, Sébastien Barbarot, Olivier Chosidow, Salah Ferkal, Diana Rodriguez, Pierre Wolkenstein, Sylvie Bastuji-Garin

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Guiametabolica.org: empowerment through internet tools in inherited metabolic diseases

Manuel Armayones, M Antònia Vilaseca, Júlia Cutillas, Jordi Fàbrega, Jorge Juan Fernández, Mei García, Natàlia Egea, Modesta Pousada, Beni Gómez-Zuñiga, Jaume Pérez-Payarols, Rafael Artuch, Francesc Palau, Mercedes Serrano

Open Access Review

Genetic testing in diffuse parenchymal lung disease

Paolo Spagnolo, Fabrizio Luppi, Stefania Cerri, Luca Richeldi

Open Access Research

Leukoencephalopathy with accumulated succinate is indicative of SDHAF1 related complex II deficiency

Andreas Ohlenbusch, Simon Edvardson, Johannes Skorpen, Alf Bjornstad, Ann Saada, Orly Elpeleg, Jutta Gärtner, Knut Brockmann

Open Access Research

Prognostic value of X-chromosome inactivation in symptomatic female carriers of dystrophinopathy

Jonàs Juan-Mateu, Maria José Rodríguez, Andrés Nascimento, Cecilia Jiménez-Mallebrera, Lidia González-Quereda, Eloy Rivas, Carmen Paradas, Marcos Madruga, Pedro Sánchez-Ayaso, Cristina Jou, Laura González-Mera, Francina Munell, Manuel Roig-Quilis, Maria Rabasa, Aurelio Hernández-Lain, Jorge Díaz-Manera, Eduard Gallardo, Jordi Pascual, Edgard Verdura, Jaume Colomer, Montserrat Baiget, Montse Olivé, Pia Gallano

Open Access Research

A mutation in KIF7 is responsible for the autosomal recessive syndrome of macrocephaly, multiple epiphyseal dysplasia and distinctive facial appearance

Bassam R Ali, Jennifer L Silhavy, Nadia A Akawi, Joseph G Gleeson, Lihadh Al-Gazali

Open Access Review

A systematic review of genetic skeletal disorders reported in Chinese biomedical journals between 1978 and 2012

Yazhou Cui, Heng Zhao, Zhenxing Liu, Chao Liu, Jing Luan, Xiaoyan Zhou, Jinxiang Han

Open Access Research

3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency: Clinical, biochemical, enzymatic and molecular studies in 88 individuals

Sarah C Grünert, Martin Stucki, Raphael J Morscher, Terttu Suormala, Celine Bürer, Patricie Burda, Ernst Christensen, Can Ficicioglu, Jürgen Herwig, Stefan Kölker, Dorothea Möslinger, Elisabetta Pasquini, René Santer, K Otfried Schwab, Bridget Wilcken, Brian Fowler, Wyatt W Yue, Matthias R Baumgartner

Open Access Research

Founder mutations in Tunisia: implications for diagnosis in North Africa and Middle East

Lilia Romdhane, Rym Kefi, Hela Azaiez, Nizar Ben Halim, Koussay Dellagi, Sonia Abdelhak

Open Access Research

Monitoring access to nationally commissioned services in England

Suzanne Coles, Kate Haire, Tom Kenny, Edmund G Jessop

Open Access Research

Glutamine supplementation in a child with inherited GS deficiency improves the clinical status and partially corrects the peripheral and central amino acid imbalance

Johannes Häberle, Noora Shahbeck, Khalid Ibrahim, Bernhard Schmitt, Ianina Scheer, Ruth O’Gorman, Farrukh A Chaudhry, Tawfeg Ben-Omran

Open Access Review

AL Amyloidosis

Estelle Desport, Frank Bridoux, Christophe Sirac, Sébastien Delbes, Sébastien Bender, Béatrice Fernandez, Nathalie Quellard, Corinne Lacombe, Jean-Michel Goujon, David Lavergne, Julie Abraham, Guy Touchard, Jean-Paul Fermand, Arnaud Jaccard

Open Access Research

Targeted massive parallel sequencing: the effective detection of novel causative mutations associated with hearing loss in small families

Jeong-In Baek, Se-Kyung Oh, Dong-Bin Kim, Soo-Young Choi, Un-Kyung Kim, Kyu-Yup Lee, Sang-Heun Lee

Open Access Review

Past, present and future of hemophilia: a narrative review

Massimo Franchini, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci

Open Access Review

X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD): clinical presentation and guidelines for diagnosis, follow-up and management

Marc Engelen, Stephan Kemp, Marianne de Visser, Björn M van Geel, Ronald JA Wanders, Patrick Aubourg, Bwee Tien Poll-The

Open Access Research

Uveitis- a rare disease often associated with systemic diseases and infections- a systematic review of 2619 patients

Talin Barisani-Asenbauer, Saskia M Maca, Lamiss Mejdoubi, Wolfgang Emminger, Klaus Machold, Herbert Auer

Open Access Research

Krüppel-like zinc finger proteins in end-stage COPD lungs with and without severe alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency

A-Rembert Koczulla, Danny Jonigk, Thomas Wolf, Christian Herr, Sarah Noeske, Walter Klepetko, Claus Vogelmeier, Nils von Neuhoff, Johanna Rische, Sabine Wrenger, Heiko Golpon, Robert Voswinckel, Maurizio Luisetti, Ilaria Ferrarotti, Tobias Welte, Sabina Janciauskiene

Open Access Research

Toxic epidermal necrolysis, DRESS, AGEP: Do overlap cases exist?

Sophie Bouvresse, Laurence Valeyrie-Allanore, Nicolas Ortonne, Marie Pauline Konstantinou, Sylvia H Kardaun, Martine Bagot, Pierre Wolkenstein, Jean-Claude Roujeau

Open Access Research

An epidemiological and clinical analysis of craniomaxillofacial fibrous dysplasia in a Chinese population

Jie Cheng, Yanling Wang, Hongbo Yu, Dongmiao Wang, Jinhai Ye, Hongbin Jiang, Yunong Wu, Guofang Shen

Open Access Review

The Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere and Fazio Londe syndrome revisited: natural history, genetics, treatment and future perspectives

Annet M Bosch, Kevin Stroek, Nico G Abeling, Hans R Waterham, Lodewijk IJlst, Ronald JA Wanders

Open Access Research

Targeted next-generation sequencing identifies a homozygous nonsense mutation in ABHD12, the gene underlying PHARC, in a family clinically diagnosed with Usher syndrome type 3

Tobias Eisenberger, Rima Slim, Ahmad Mansour, Markus Nauck, Gudrun Nürnberg, Peter Nürnberg, Christian Decker, Claudia Dafinger, Inga Ebermann, Carsten Bergmann, Hanno Jörn Bolz

Open Access Research

Assisted reproductive techniques and the risk of anorectal malformations: a German case-control study

Nadine Zwink, Ekkehart Jenetzky, Eberhard Schmiedeke, Dominik Schmidt, Stefanie Märzheuser, Sabine Grasshoff-Derr, Stefan Holland-Cunz, Sandra Weih, Stuart Hosie, Peter Reifferscheid, Helen Ameis, Christina Kujath, Anke Rißmann, Florian Obermayr, Nicole Schwarzer, Enrika Bartels, Heiko Reutter, Hermann Brenner

Open Access Research

Reduced elastogenesis: a clue to the arteriosclerosis and emphysematous changes in Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia?

Marie Morimoto, Zhongxin Yu, Peter Stenzel, J Marietta Clewing, Behzad Najafian, Christy Mayfield, Glenda Hendson, Justin G Weinkauf, Andrew K Gormley, David M Parham, Umakumaran Ponniah, Jean-Luc André, Yumi Asakura, Mitra Basiratnia, Radovan Bogdanović, Arend Bokenkamp, Dominique Bonneau, Anna Buck, Joel Charrow, Pierre Cochat, Isabel Cordeiro, Georges Deschenes, M Semin Fenkçi, Pierre Frange, Stefan Fründ, Helen Fryssira, Encarna Guillen-Navarro, Kory Keller, Salman Kirmani, Christine Kobelka, Petra Lamfers, Elena Levtchenko, David B Lewis, Laura Massella, D Ross McLeod, David V Milford, François Nobili, Jorge M Saraiva, C Nur Semerci, Lawrence Shoemaker, Nataša Stajić, Anja Stein, Doris Taha, Dorothea Wand, Jonathan Zonana, Thomas Lücke, Cornelius F Boerkoel

Open Access Research

Effect of enzyme therapy and prognostic factors in 69 adults with Pompe disease: an open-label single-center study

Juna M de Vries, Nadine AME van der Beek, Wim CJ Hop, Francois PJ Karstens, John H Wokke, Marianne de Visser, Baziel GM van Engelen, Jan BM Kuks, Anneke J van der Kooi, Nicolette C Notermans, Catharina G Faber, Jan JGM Verschuuren, Michelle E Kruijshaar, Arnold JJ Reuser, Pieter A van Doorn, Ans T van der Ploeg

Open Access Research

Assessing the effectiveness of rapamycin on angiomyolipoma in tuberous sclerosis: a two years trial

Cristina Cabrera-López, Teresa Martí, Violeta Catalá, Ferran Torres, Silvia Mateu, Jose Ballarín, Roser Torra

Open Access Research

Reference percentiles for FEV1 and BMI in European children and adults with cystic fibrosis

Pierre-Yves Boëlle, Laura Viviani, Pierre-Francois Busson, Hanne V Olesen, Sophie Ravilly, Martin Stern, Baroukh M Assael, Celeste Barreto, Pavel Drevinek, Muriel Thomas, Uros Krivec, Meir Mei-Zahav, Jean-François Vibert, Annick Clement, Anil Mehta, Harriet Corvol

Open Access Letter to the Editor

An international registry for neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation

Bernadette Kalman, Ronald Lautenschlaeger, Florian Kohlmayer, Boriana Büchner, Thomas Kmiec, Thomas Klopstock, Klaus A Kuhn

Open Access Research

Growth dynamics of plexiform neurofibromas: a retrospective cohort study of 201 patients with neurofibromatosis 1

Rosa Nguyen, Eva Dombi, Brigitte C Widemann, Jeffrey Solomon, Carsten Fuensterer, Lan Kluwe, Jan M Friedman, Victor-Felix Mautner

Open Access Review

The trisomy 18 syndrome

Anna Cereda, John C Carey

Open Access Research

Neuropsychological profile and clinical effects of arginine treatment in children with creatine transport deficiency

Annamaria Chilosi, Manuela Casarano, Alessandro Comparini, Francesca Maria Battaglia, Margherita Maria Mancardi, Cristina Schiaffino, Michela Tosetti, Vincenzo Leuzzi, Roberta Battini, Giovanni Cioni

Open Access Review

Dominant optic atrophy

Guy Lenaers, Christian Hamel, Cécile Delettre, Patrizia Amati-Bonneau, Vincent Procaccio, Dominique Bonneau, Pascal Reynier, Dan Milea

Open Access Research

The French Gaucher’s disease registry: clinical characteristics, complications and treatment of 562 patients

Jérôme Stirnemann, Marie Vigan, Dalil Hamroun, Djazia Heraoui, Linda Rossi-Semerano, Marc G Berger, Christian Rose, Fabrice Camou, Christine de Roux-Serratrice, Bernard Grosbois, Pierre Kaminsky, Alain Robert, Catherine Caillaud, Roselyne Froissart, Thierry Levade, Agathe Masseau, Cyril Mignot, Frédéric Sedel, Dries Dobbelaere, Marie T Vanier, Vassili Valayanopoulos, Olivier Fain, Bruno Fantin, Thierry Billette de Villemeur, France Mentré, Nadia Belmatoug

Open Access Research

Safety and pharmacodynamic effects of a pharmacological chaperone on α-galactosidase A activity and globotriaosylceramide clearance in Fabry disease: report from two phase 2 clinical studies

Dominique P Germain, Roberto Giugliani, Derralynn A Hughes, Atul Mehta, Kathy Nicholls, Laura Barisoni, Charles J Jennette, Alexander Bragat, Jeff Castelli, Sheela Sitaraman, David J Lockhart, Pol F Boudes

Open Access Research

Serological diagnosis of autoimmune bullous skin diseases: Prospective comparison of the BIOCHIP mosaic-based indirect immunofluorescence technique with the conventional multi-step single test strategy

Nina van Beek, Kristin Rentzsch, Christian Probst, Lars Komorowski, Michael Kasperkiewicz, Kai Fechner, Inga M Bloecker, Detlef Zillikens, Winfried Stöcker, Enno Schmidt

Open Access Research

Molecular genetic studies and delineation of the oculocutaneous albinism phenotype in the Pakistani population

Thomas J Jaworek, Tasleem Kausar, Shannon M Bell, Nabeela Tariq, Muhammad Imran Maqsood, Asma Sohail, Muhmmmad Ali, Furhan Iqbal, Shafqat Rasool, Saima Riazuddin, Rehan S Shaikh, Zubair M Ahmed

Open Access Research

Risk stratification by residual enzyme activity after newborn screening for medium-chain acyl-CoA dehyrogenase deficiency: data from a cohort study

Catharina M L Touw, G Peter A Smit, Maaike de Vries, Johannis B C de Klerk, Annet M Bosch, Gepke Visser, Margot F Mulder, M Estela Rubio-Gozalbo, Bert Elvers, Klary E Niezen-Koning, Ronald J A Wanders, Hans R Waterham, Dirk-Jan Reijngoud, Terry G J Derks

Open Access Research

Missense mutations in ITPR1 cause autosomal dominant congenital nonprogressive spinocerebellar ataxia

Lijia Huang, Jodi Warman-Chardon, Melissa T Carter, Kathie L Friend, Tracy E Dudding, Jeremy Schwartzentruber, Ruobing Zou, Peter W Schofield, Stuart Douglas, Dennis E Bulman, Kym M Boycott

Open Access Review

Hearing impairment in Stickler syndrome: a systematic review

Frederic R E Acke, Ingeborg J M Dhooge, Fransiska Malfait, Els M R De Leenheer

Open Access Research

Clinical features and predictors for disease natural progression in adults with Pompe disease: a nationwide prospective observational study

Nadine AME van der Beek, Juna M de Vries, Marloes LC Hagemans, Wim CJ Hop, Marian A Kroos, John HJ Wokke, Marianne de Visser, Baziel GM van Engelen, Jan BM Kuks, Anneke J van der Kooi, Nicolette C Notermans, Karin G Faber, Jan JGM Verschuuren, Arnold JJ Reuser, Ans T van der Ploeg, Pieter A van Doorn

Open Access Research

Specific combination of compound heterozygous mutations in 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 4 (HSD17B4) defines a new subtype of D-bifunctional protein deficiency

Hugh J McMillan, Thea Worthylake, Jeremy Schwartzentruber, Chloe C Gottlieb, Sarah E Lawrence, Alex MacKenzie, Chandree L Beaulieu, Petra A W Mooyer, Ronald J A Wanders, Jacek Majewski, Dennis E Bulman, Michael T Geraghty, Sacha Ferdinandusse, Kym M Boycott

Open Access Research

Early presentation of gait impairment in Wolfram Syndrome

Kristen A Pickett, Ryan P Duncan, James Hoekel, Bess Marshall, Tamara Hershey, Gammon M Earhart

Open Access Review

Advanced therapies for the treatment of hemophilia: future perspectives

Antonio Liras, Cristina Segovia, Aline S Gabán

Open Access Research

KL-6, a Human MUC1 Mucin, as a prognostic marker for diffuse alveolar hemorrhage syndrome

Yoshiko Kida, Shinichiro Ohshimo, Kohei Ota, Tomoko Tamura, Tadatsugu Otani, Kazunobu Une, Takuma Sadamori, Yasumasa Iwasaki, Francesco Bonella, Noboru Hattori, Nobuyuki Hirohashi, Josune Guzman, Ulrich Costabel, Nobuoki Kohno, Koichi Tanigawa

Open Access Research

Dysphagia as a risk factor for mortality in Niemann-Pick disease type C: systematic literature review and evidence from studies with miglustat

Mark Walterfang, Yin-Hsiu Chien, Jackie Imrie, Derren Rushton, Danielle Schubiger, Marc C Patterson

Open Access Research

Lysosomal storage disorder in non-immunological hydrops fetalis (NIHF) - more common than assumed? Report of four cases with transient NIHF and a review of the literature

Catharina Whybra, Eugen Mengel, Alexandra Russo, Franz Bahlmann, Christoph Kampmann, Michael Beck, Elke Eich, Eva Mildenberger

Open Access Research

Reliability and validity of the Wolfram Unified Rating Scale (WURS)

Chau Nguyen, Erin R Foster, Alexander R Paciorkowski, Amy Viehoever, Colleen Considine, Aidena Bondurant, Bess A Marshall, Tamara Hershey

Open Access Research

Screening for primary creatine deficiencies in French patients with unexplained neurological symptoms

David Cheillan, Marie Joncquel-Chevalier Curt, Gilbert Briand, Gajja S Salomons, Karine Mention-Mulliez, Dries Dobbelaere, Jean-Marie Cuisset, Laurence Lion-François, Vincent Des Portes, Allel Chabli, Vassili Valayannopoulos, Jean-François Benoist, Jean-Marc Pinard, Gilles Simard, Olivier Douay, Kumaran Deiva, Alexandra Afenjar, Delphine Héron, François Rivier, Brigitte Chabrol, Fabienne Prieur, François Cartault, Gaëlle Pitelet, Alice Goldenberg, Soumeya Bekri, Marion Gerard, Richard Delorme, Marc Tardieu, Nicole Porchet, Christine Vianey-Saban, Joseph Vamecq

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Challenge in pathologic diagnosis of Alport syndrome: evidence from correction of previous misdiagnosis

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Evaluation of miglustat as maintenance therapy after enzyme therapy in adults with stable type 1 Gaucher disease: a prospective, open-label non-inferiority study

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Rescue of nonsense mutations by amlexanox in human cells

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Quantitative analysis of ciliary beating in primary ciliary dyskinesia: a pilot study

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Four new loci associations discovered by pathway-based and network analyses of the genome-wide variability profile of Hirschsprung’s disease

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Description and outcome of a cohort of 8 patients with WHIM syndrome from the French Severe Chronic Neutropenia Registry

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Characterization of a distinct lethal arteriopathy syndrome in twenty-two infants associated with an identical, novel mutation in FBLN4 gene, confirms fibulin-4 as a critical determinant of human vascular elastogenesis

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COG5-CDG: expanding the clinical spectrum

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