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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Ausgabe 1/2023

Inhalt (391 Artikel)

Open Access Research

The German version of the neurofibromatosis 2 impact on quality of life questionnaire correlates with severity of depression and physician-reported disease severity

Anna Cecilia Lawson McLean, Anna Freier, Aaron Lawson McLean, Johannes Kruse, Steffen Rosahl

Open Access Review

Understanding patient and parent/caregiver perceptions on gene therapy in Gaucher disease: an international survey

Tanya Collin-Histed, Aviva Rosenberg, Noortje Hopman, Jessica Pacey

Open Access Research

Continuing a search for a diagnosis: the impact of adolescence and family dynamics

Ilana M. Miller, Beverly M. Yashar, Maria T. Acosta, Margaret Adam, David R. Adams, Pankaj B. Agrawal, Justin Alvey, Laura Amendola, Ashley Andrews, Euan A. Ashley, Mahshid S. Azamian, Carlos A. Bacino, Guney Bademci, Eva Baker, Ashok Balasubramanyam, Dustin Baldridge, Jim Bale, Michael Bamshad, Deborah Barbouth, Pinar Bayrak-Toydemir, Anita Beck, Alan H. Beggs, Edward Behrens, Gill Bejerano, Hugo J. Bellen, Jimmy Bennett, Beverly Berg-Rood, Jonathan A. Bernstein, Gerard T. Berry, Anna Bican, Stephanie Bivona, Elizabeth Blue, John Bohnsack, Carsten Bonnenmann, Devon Bonner, Lorenzo Botto, Brenna Boyd, Lauren C. Briere, Elly Brokamp, Gabrielle Brown, Elizabeth A. Burke, Lindsay C. Burrage, Manish J. Butte, Peter Byers, William E. Byrd, John Carey, Olveen Carrasquillo, Ta Chen Peter Chang, Sirisak Chanprasert, Hsiao-Tuan Chao, Gary D. Clark, Terra R. Coakley, Laurel A. Cobban, Joy D. Cogan, Matthew Coggins, F. Sessions Cole, Heather A. Colley, Cynthia M. Cooper, Heidi Cope, William J. Craigen, Andrew B. Crouse, Michael Cunningham, Precilla D’Souza, Hongzheng Dai, Surendra Dasari, Joie Davis, Jyoti G. Dayal, Esteban C. Dell’Angelica, Katrina Dipple, Daniel Doherty, Naghmeh Dorrani, Argenia L. Doss, Emilie D. Douine, David D. Draper, Laura Duncan, Dawn Earl, David J. Eckstein, Lisa T. Emrick, Christine M. Eng, Cecilia Esteves, Marni Falk, Liliana Fernandez, Carlos Ferreira, Elizabeth L. Fieg, Laurie C. Findley, Paul G. Fisher, Brent L. Fogel, Irman Forghani, William A. Gahl, Ian Glass, Bernadette Gochuico, Rena A. Godfrey, Katie Golden-Grant, Madison P. Goldrich, David B. Goldstein, Alana Grajewski, Catherine A. Groden, Irma Gutierrez, Sihoun Hahn, Rizwan Hamid, Kelly Hassey, Nichole Hayes, Frances High, Anne Hing, Fuki M. Hisama, Ingrid A. Holm, Jason Hom, Martha Horike-Pyne, Yong Huang, Alden Huang, Laryssa Huryn, Rosario Isasi, Kosuke Izumi, Fariha Jamal, Gail P. Jarvik, Jeffrey Jarvik, Suman Jayadev, Lefkothea Karaviti, Jennifer Kennedy, Shamika Ketkar, Dana Kiley, Gonench Kilich, Shilpa N. Kobren, Isaac S. Kohane, Jennefer N. Kohler, Susan Korrick, Mary Kozuira, Deborah Krakow, Donna M. Krasnewich, Elijah Kravets, Joel B. Krier, Seema R. Lalani, Byron Lam, Christina Lam, Grace L. LaMoure, Brendan C. Lanpher, Ian R. Lanza, Lea Latham, Kimberly LeBlanc, Brendan H. Lee, Hane Lee, Roy Levitt, Richard A. Lewis, Sharyn A. Lincoln, Pengfei Liu, Xue Zhong Liu, Nicola Longo, Sandra K. Loo, Joseph Loscalzo, Richard L. Maas, John MacDowall, Ellen F. Macnamara, Calum A. MacRae, Valerie V. Maduro, Rachel Mahoney, Bryan C. Mak, May Christine V. Malicdan, Laura A. Mamounas, Teri A. Manolio, Rong Mao, Kenneth Maravilla, Thomas C. Markello, Ronit Marom, Gabor Marth, Beth A. Martin, Martin G. Martin, Julian A. Martfnez-Agosto, Shruti Marwaha, Jacob McCauley, Allyn McConkie-Rosell, Alexa T. McCray, Elisabeth McGee, Heather Mefford, J. Lawrence Merritt, Matthew Might, Ghayda Mirzaa, Eva Morava, Paolo M. Moretti, Paolo Moretti, Deborah Mosbrook-Davis, John J. Mulvihill, Mariko Nakano-Okuno, Avi Nath, Stanley F. Nelson, John H. Newman, Sarah K. Nicholas, Deborah Nickerson, Shirley Nieves-Rodriguez, Donna Novacic, Devin Oglesbee, James P. Orengo, Laura Pace, Stephen Pak, J. Carl Pallais, Christina G. S. Palmer, Jeanette C. Papp, Neil H. Parker, John A. Phillips III, Jennifer E. Posey, Lorraine Potocki, Bradley Power, Barbara N. Pusey, Aaron Quinlan, Archana N. Raja, Deepak A. Rao, Anna Raper, Wendy Raskind, Genecee Renteria, Chloe M. Reuter, Lynette Rives, Amy K. Robertson, Lance H. Rodan, Jill A. Rosenfeld, Natalie Rosenwasser, Francis Rossignol, Maura Ruzhnikov, Ralph Sacco, Jacinda B. Sampson, Mario Saporta, Judy Schaechter, Timothy Schedl, Kelly Schoch, Daryl A. Scott, C. Ron Scott, Vandana Shashi, Jimann Shin, Rebecca H. Signer, Edwin K. Silverman, Janet S. Sinsheimer, Kathy Sisco, Edward C. Smith, Kevin S. Smith, Emily Solem, Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, Ben Solomon, Rebecca C. Spillmann, Joan M. Stoler, Kathleen Sullivan, Jennifer A. Sullivan, Angela Sun, Shirley Sutton, David A. Sweetser, Virginia Sybert, Holly K. Tabor, Queenie K.-G. Tan, Amelia L. M. Tan, Mustafa Tekin, Fred Telischi, Willa Thorson, Audrey Thurm, Cynthia J. Tifft, Camilo Toro, Alyssa A. Tran, Brianna M. Tucker, Tiina K. Urv, Adeline Vanderver, Matt Velinder, Dave Viskochil, Tiphanie P. Vogel, Colleen E. Wahl, Melissa Walker, Stephanie Wallace, Nicole M. Walley, Chris A. Walsh, Jennifer Wambach, Jijun Wan, Lee-kai Wang, Michael F. Wangler, Patricia A. Ward, Daniel Wegner, Monika Weisz Hubshman, Mark Wener, Tara Wenger, Katherine Wesseling Perry, Monte Westerfield, Matthew T. Wheeler, Jordan Whitlock, Lynne A. Wolfe, Jeremy D. Woods, Kim Worley, Shinya Yamamoto, John Yang, Muhammad Yousef, Diane B. Zastrow, Wadih Zein, Zhe Zhang, Chunli Zhao, Stephan Zuchner, Ellen F. Macnamara

Open Access Research

Patient Assessment Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) and its associations with quality of life among Swiss patients with systemic sclerosis: a mixed methods study

Agnes Kocher, Michael Simon, Andrew A. Dwyer, Catherine Blatter, Jasmina Bogdanovic, Patrizia Künzler-Heule, Peter M. Villiger, Diana Dan, Oliver Distler, Ulrich A. Walker, Dunja Nicca

Open Access Research

The Spanish Fabry women study: a retrospective observational study describing the phenotype of females with GLA variants

Rosario Sánchez, Tomás Ripoll-Vera, Manuel López-Mendoza, Joaquín de Juan-Ribera, Juan Ramón Gimeno, Álvaro Hermida, María Aurora Ruz-Zafra, José Vicente Torregrosa, Antonia Mora, José Manuel García-Pinilla, Elena Fortuny, Ana Aguinaga-Barrilero, Roser Torra

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Psychiatric disorders, personality and neuropsychological alterations in Erdheim-Chester disease

Charlotte Soumet-Leman, Jean-Yves Rotge, Pauline Delavaud, Zahir Amoura, Fleur Cohen-Aubart, Julien Haroche

Open Access Review

French national diagnosis and care protocol (PNDS, protocole national de diagnostic et de soins): cystic lymphatic malformations

Nicolas Leboulanger, Annouk Bisdorff, Olivia Boccara, Anne Dompmartin, Laurent Guibaud, Christine Labreze, Jacques Lagier, Bénédicte Lebrun-Vignes, Denis Herbreteau, Aline Joly, Julie Malloizel-Delaunay, Arnaud Martel, Stéphane Munck, Frédérique Saint-Aubin, Annabel Maruani

Open Access Research

Neurophysiological assessment of cortical activity in DEPDC5- and NPRL3-related epileptic mTORopathies

Madora Mabika, Kristian Agbogba, Samantha Côté, Sarah Lippé, Émilie Riou, Cécile Cieuta, Jean-François Lepage

Open Access Research

Quality of life improvements following one year of setmelanotide in children and adult patients with Bardet–Biedl syndrome: phase 3 trial results

Elizabeth Forsythe, Robert M. Haws, Jesús Argente, Philip Beales, Gabriel Á. Martos-Moreno, Hélène Dollfus, Costel Chirila, Ari Gnanasakthy, Brieana C. Buckley, Usha G. Mallya, Karine Clément, Andrea M. Haqq

Open Access Research

Allelic prevalence and geographic distribution of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis

Tiziano Pramparo, Robert D. Steiner, Steve Rodems, Celia Jenkinson

Open Access Position statement

A patient advocating for transparent science in rare disease research

Richard Rui Yang

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Sharing is caring: a call for a new era of rare disease research and development

Nathan Denton, Andrew E. Mulberg, Monique Molloy, Samantha Charleston, David C. Fajgenbaum, Eric D. Marsh, Paul Howard

Open Access Research

Phenylalanine free infant formula in the dietary management of phenylketonuria

Ozlem Yilmaz, Barbara Cochrane, Jo Wildgoose, Alex Pinto, Sharon Evans, Anne Daly, Catherine Ashmore, Anita MacDonald

Open Access Position statement

What we don't need to prove but need to do in multidisciplinary treatment and care in Huntington's disease: a position paper

Alzbeta Mühlbӓck, Marleen van Walsem, Martha Nance, Astri Arnesen, Kirsty Page, Alexandra Fisher, Manon van Kampen, Angela Nuzzi, Roy Limpert, Hanne Ludt Fossmo, Travis Cruickshank, Ruth Veenhuizen

Open Access Review

Nonhuman primate genetic models for the study of rare diseases

Eric J. Vallender, Charlotte E. Hotchkiss, Anne D. Lewis, Jeffrey Rogers, Joshua A. Stern, Samuel M. Peterson, Betsy Ferguson, Ken Sayers

Open Access Review

Genetic epidemiology of Woodhouse-Sakati Syndrome in the Greater Middle East region and beyond: a systematic review

Amira Kohil, Atiyeh M. Abdallah, Khalid Hussain, Mashael Al-Shafai

Open Access Research

Clinical and functional characterisation of a recurrent KCNQ1 variant in the Belgian population

Ewa Sieliwonczyk, Maaike Alaerts, Eline Simons, Dirk Snyders, Aleksandra Nijak, Bert Vandendriessche, Dorien Schepers, Dogan Akdeniz, Emeline Van Craenenbroeck, Katleen Knaepen, Laura Rabaut, Hein Heidbuchel, Lut Van Laer, Johan Saenen, Alain J. Labro, Bart Loeys

Open Access Research

C1-inhibitor/C1-inhibitor antibody complexes in acquired angioedema due to C1-inhibitor deficiency

Zsofia Polai, Erika Kajdacsi, Laszlo Cervenak, Zsuzsanna Balla, Szabolcs Benedek, Lilian Varga, Henriette Farkas

Open Access Research

Effects of early recombinant human growth hormone treatment in young Chinese children with Prader–Willi syndrome

Ying Gao, Li-Li Yang, Yang-Li Dai, Zheng Shen, Qiong Zhou, Chao-Chun Zou

Open Access Research

Patient-reported outcomes measures of X-linked hypophosphataemia participants: findings from a prospective cohort study in the UK

Sophie Cole, Maria T. Sanchez-Santos, Spyros Kolovos, Muhammad Kassim Javaid, Rafael Pinedo-Villanueva

Open Access Review

Glucosylsphingosine (Lyso-Gb1) as a reliable biomarker in Gaucher disease: a narrative review

Gaetano Giuffrida, Uros Markovic, Annalisa Condorelli, Valeria Calafiore, Daniela Nicolosi, Marianna Calagna, Stephanie Grasso, Marco Tindaro Valentino Ragusa, Jennifer Gentile, Mariasanta Napolitano

Open Access Research

The Italian registry for patients with Prader–Willi syndrome

Marco Salvatore, Paola Torreri, Graziano Grugni, Adele Rocchetti, Mohamad Maghnie, Giuseppa Patti, Antonino Crinò, Maurizio Elia, Donatella Greco, Corrado Romano, Adriana Franzese, Enza Mozzillo, Annamaria Colao, Gabriella Pugliese, Uberto Pagotto, Valentina Lo Preiato, Emanuela Scarano, Concetta Schiavariello, Gianluca Tornese, Danilo Fintini, Sarah Bocchini, Sara Osimani, Luisa De Sanctis, Michele Sacco, Irene Rutigliano, Maurizio Delvecchio, Maria Felicia Faienza, Malgorzata Wasniewska, Domenico Corica, Stefano Stagi, Laura Guazzarotti, Pietro Maffei, Francesca Dassie, Domenica Taruscio

Open Access Correction

Correction : Health-related quality of life and health literacy in patients with systemic mastocytosis and mast cell activation syndrome

Tobias Jürgen Schmidt, Julia Sellin, Gerhard J. Molderings, Rupert Conrad, Martin Mücke

Open Access Research

Ultrasound-guided interlaminar approach for nusinersen administration in patients with spinal muscular atrophy with spinal fusion or severe scoliosis

Cuijie Wei, Zhenwei Liang, Ying Wu, Shan Liu, Jianxing Qiu, Lingchao Meng, Chunde Li, Shuang Li, Xinhua Bao, Zhaoxia Wang, Luzeng Chen, Hui Xiong

Open Access Research

A conceptual framework to develop a patient-reported experience questionnaire on the cystic fibrosis journey in France: the ExPaParM collaborative study

D. Pougheon Bertrand, A. Fanchini, P. Lombrail, G. Rault, A. Chansard, N. Le Breton, C. Frenod, F. Milon, C. Heymes Royer, D. Segretain, M. Silber, S. Therouanne, J. Haesebaert, C. Llerena, P. Michel, Q. Reynaud

Open Access Research

Areas of improvement in the medical care of SMA: evidence from a nationwide patient registry in Germany

Berenike Leibrock, Erik Landfeldt, Justine Hussong, Tabea Huelle, Hannah Mattheus, Simone Thiele, Maggie C. Walter, Michael Zemlin, Eva Moehler, Ullrich Dillman, Sophia Abner, Marina Flotats-Bastardas

Open Access Position statement

Post-acute phase and sequelae management of epidermal necrolysis: an international, multidisciplinary DELPHI-based consensus

S. Ingen-Housz-Oro, V. Schmidt, M. M. Ameri, R. Abe, A. Brassard, A. Mostaghimi, A. S. Paller, A. Romano, B. Didona, B. H. Kaffenberger, B. Ben Said, B. Y. H. Thong, B. Ramsay, E. Brezinova, B. Milpied, C. G. Mortz, C. Y. Chu, C. Sotozono, J. Gueudry, D. G. Fortune, S. M. Dridi, D. Tartar, G. Do-Pham, E. Gabison, E. J. Phillips, F. Lewis, C. Salavastru, B. Horvath, J. Dart, J. Setterfield, J. Newman, J. T. Schulz, A. Delcampe, K. Brockow, L. Seminario-Vidal, L. Jörg, M. P. Watson, M. Gonçalo, M. Lucas, M. Torres, M. H. Noe, N. Hama, N. H. Shear, P. O’Reilly, P. Wolkenstein, P. Romanelli, R. P. Dodiuk-Gad, R. G. Micheletti, G. S. Tiplica, R. Sheridan, S. Rauz, S. Ahmad, S. L. Chua, T. H. Flynn, W. Pichler, S. T. Le, E. Maverakis, S. Walsh, L. E. French, M. C. Brüggen

Open Access Review

The patient clinical journey and socioeconomic impact of osteogenesis imperfecta: a systematic scoping review

Maria Rapoport, Michael B. Bober, Cathleen Raggio, Lena Lande Wekre, Frank Rauch, Ingunn Westerheim, Tracy Hart, Taco van Welzenis, Arun Mistry, James Clancy, Lucy Booth, Samantha Prince, Oliver Semler

Open Access Research

Fat infiltration in the thigh muscles is associated with symptomatic spinal stenosis and reduced physical functioning in adults with achondroplasia

Svein O. Fredwall, Jennifer Linge, Olga de Vries, Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard, Heidi Beate Eggesbø, Harald Weedon-Fekjær, Mikael Petersson, Per Widholm, Grethe Månum, Ravi Savarirayan

Open Access Research

Systematic review of health related-quality of life in adults with osteogenesis imperfecta

Darran Mc Donald, Tara Mc Donnell, Julie Martin-Grace, Gerry Mc Manus, Rachel K. Crowley

Open Access Research

Overweight and obesity in adult patients with phenylketonuria: a systematic review

Aurel T. Tankeu, Despina Christina Pavlidou, Andrea Superti-Furga, Karim Gariani, Christel Tran

Open Access Review

Consensus guidelines for diagnosis and management of anemia in epidermolysis bullosa

Carmen Liy-Wong, Cristina Tarango, Elena Pope, Thomas Coates, Anna L. Bruckner, James A. Feinstein, Agnes Schwieger-Briel, Lynne D. Hubbard, Clapham Jane, Mauricio Torres-Pradilla, Matija Zmazek, Irene Lara-Corrales

Open Access Research

Lung function decline preceding chronic respiratory failure in spinal muscular atrophy: a national prospective cohort study

Esther S. Veldhoen, Camiel A. Wijngaarde, Ruben P. A. van Eijk, Fay-Lynn Asselman, Negina Seddiqi, Louise A. M. Otto, Marloes Stam, Inge Cuppen, Renske I. Wadman, Roelie M. Wösten van Asperen, Erik H. J. Hulzebos, Laura P. Verweij van den Oudenrijn, Bart Bartels, Jasmijn Boezer, M. Gaytant, Cornelis K. van der Ent, W. Ludo van der Pol

Open Access Research

Strategic discussion on funding and access to therapies targeting rare diseases in Spain: an expert consensus paper

N. Zozaya, J. Villaseca, F. Abdalla, A. Ancochea, I. Málaga, M. Trapero-Bertran, N. Martín-Sobrino, O. Delgado, P. Ferré, A. Hidalgo-Vega

Open Access Review

The burden of illness in Lennox–Gastaut syndrome: a systematic literature review

Adam Strzelczyk, Sameer M. Zuberi, Pasquale Striano, Felix Rosenow, Susanne Schubert-Bast

Open Access Research

Mitochondrial diseases in Hong Kong: prevalence, clinical characteristics and genetic landscape

Tsz-sum Wong, Kiran M. Belaramani, Chun-kong Chan, Wing-ki Chan, Wai-lun Larry Chan, Shek-kwan Chang, Sing-ngai Cheung, Ka-yin Cheung, Yuk-fai Cheung, Shuk-ching Josephine Chong, Chi-kwan Jasmine Chow, Hon-yin Brian Chung, Sin-ying Florence Fan, Wai-ming Joshua Fok, Ka-wing Fong, Tsui-hang Sharon Fung, Kwok-fai Hui, Ting-hin Hui, Joannie Hui, Chun-hung Ko, Min-chung Kwan, Mei-kwan Anne Kwok, Sung-shing Jeffrey Kwok, Moon-sing Lai, Yau-on Lam, Ching-wan Lam, Ming-chung Lau, Chun-yiu Eric Law, Wing-cheong Lee, Han-chih Hencher Lee, Chin-nam Lee, Kin-hang Leung, Kit-yan Leung, Siu-hung Li, Tsz-ki Jacky Ling, Kam-tim Timothy Liu, Fai-man Lo, Hiu-tung Lui, Ching-on Luk, Ho-ming Luk, Che-kwan Ma, Karen Ma, Kam-hung Ma, Yuen-ni Mew, Alex Mo, Sui-fun Ng, Wing-kit Grace Poon, Richard Rodenburg, Bun Sheng, Jan Smeitink, Cheuk-ling Charing Szeto, Shuk-mui Tai, Choi-ting Alan Tse, Li-yan Lilian Tsung, Ho-ming June Wong, Wing-yin Winnie Wong, Kwok-kui Wong, Suet-na Sheila Wong, Chun-nei Virginia Wong, Wai-shan Sammy Wong, Chi-kin Felix Wong, Shun-ping Wu, Hiu-fung Jerome Wu, Man-mut Yau, Kin-cheong Eric Yau, Wai-lan Yeung, Hon-ming Jonas Yeung, Kin-keung Edwin Yip, Pui-hong Terence Young, Gao Yuan, Yuet-ping Liz Yuen, Chi-lap Yuen, Cheuk-wing Fung

Open Access Correction

Correction: Expert opinion of an Italian working group on the assessment of cognitive, psychological, and neurological outcomes in pediatric, adolescent, and adult patients with phenylketonuria

Filippo Manti, Stefania Caviglia, Chiara Cazzorla, Annamaria Dicintio, Andrea Pilotto, Alessandro P. Burlina

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Diagnosing rare diseases and mental well-being: a family’s story

Zheqing Zhang

Open Access Research

Well-being in chronic pediatric inflammatory rheumatic diseases: the experience of a French healthcare network

Rita El Haddad, Khalil El Asmar, Chrystelle Hascoët, Linda Rossi-Semerano, Perrine Dusser

Open Access Research

Clinical, biochemical, and genetic analysis of 28 Chinese patients with holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency

Shiying Ling, Wenjuan Qiu, Huiwen Zhang, Lili Liang, Deyun Lu, Ting Chen, Xia Zhan, Yu Wang, Xuefan Gu, Lianshu Han

Open Access Research

Brazilian registry of patients with porphyria: REBRAPPO study

Paulo Victor Sgobbi Souza, Gliciane Afonso, Wladimir Bocca Vieira de Rezende Pinto, Paulo de Lima Serrano, Bruno de Mattos Lombardi Badia, Igor Braga Farias, Ana Carolina dos Santos Jorge, Roberta Ismael Lacerda Machado, Icaro França Navarro Pinto, Glenda Barbosa Barros, Helvia Bertoldo de Oliveira, Samia Rogatis Calil, Cibele Franz, Acary Souza Bulle Oliveira

Open Access Research

Increased incidence of adult-onset Still’s disease in association with COVID-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection

Maxime N. Gottschalk, Max Heiland, Susanne Nahles, Robert Preissner, William A. Petri, Stephanie Wendy, Saskia Preissner

Open Access Review

Ocular sequelae of epidermal necrolysis: French national audit of practices, literature review and proposed management

Dhyna Thorel, Saskia Ingen-Housz-Oro, Daniel Benaïm, Vincent Daien, Eric Gabison, Valentine Saunier, Laurence Béral, David Touboul, Dominique Brémond-Gignac, Matthieu Robert, Robin Vasseur, Gérard Royer, Olivier Dereure, Brigitte Milpied, Claire Bernier, Anne Welfringer-Morin, Christine Bodemer, Nadège Cordel, Marie Tauber, Carole Burillon, Marion Servant, Chloe Couret, Bertrand Vabres, Florence Tétart, Myriam Cassagne, Marie-Ange Kuoch, Marc Muraine, Agnès Delcampe, Julie Gueudry

Open Access Research

Biochemical and mutational analyses of HEXA in a cohort of Egyptian patients with infantile Tay-Sachs disease. Expansion of the mutation spectrum

Doaa M. A. Ibrahim, Ola S. M. Ali, Hala Nasr, Ekram Fateen, Alice AbdelAleem

Open Access Research

Multisystem ALK-positive histiocytosis: a multi-case study and literature review

Wei Liu, Hong-jie Liu, Wei-ya Wang, Yuan Tang, Sha Zhao, Wen-yan Zhang, Jia-qi Yan, Wei-ping Liu

Open Access Correction

Correction: Ketogenic diet as a glycine lowering therapy in nonketotic hyperglycinemia and impact on brain glycine levels

Emily Shelkowitz, Russell P. Saneto, Walla Al-Hertani, Charlotte M. A. Lubout, Nicholas V. Stence, Mark S. Brown, Patrick Long, Diana Walleigh, Julie A. Nelson, Francisco E. Perez, Dennis W. W. Shaw, Emma J. Michl, Johan L. K. Van Hove

Open Access Correction

Correction : Long-term safety and clinical outcomes of olipudase alfa enzyme replacement therapy in pediatric patients with acid sphingomyelinase deficiency: two-year results

George A. Diaz, Roberto Giugliani, Nathalie Gufon, Simon A. Jones, Eugen Mengel, Maurizio Scarpa, Peter Witters, Abhimanyu Yarramaneni, Jing Li, Nicole M. Armstrong, Yong Kim, Catherine Ortemann-Renon, Monica Kumar

Open Access Research

Lifetime impact of achondroplasia study in Europe (LIAISE): findings from a multinational observational study

Mohamad Maghnie, Oliver Semler, Encarna Guillen-Navarro, Angelo Selicorni, Karen E. Heath, Gabriele Haeusler, Lars Hagenäs, Andrea Merker, Antonio Leiva-Gea, Vanesa López González, Adalbert Raimann, Mirko Rehberg, Fernando Santos-Simarro, Diana-Alexandra Ertl, Pernille Axél Gregersen, Roberta Onesimo, Erik Landfeldt, James Jarrett, Jennifer Quinn, Richard Rowell, Jeanne Pimenta, Shelda Cohen, Thomas Butt, Renée Shediac, Swati Mukherjee, Klaus Mohnike

Open Access Research

Brain malformations in diprosopia observed in clinical cases, museum specimens and artistic representations

Helga Rehder, Susanne G. Kircher, Katharina Schoner, Mateja Smogavec, Jana Behunova, Ulrike Ihm, Margit Plassmann, Manuel Hofer, Helmut Ringl, Franco Laccone

Open Access Research

Exploring disease perception in Behçet’s syndrome: combining a quantitative and a qualitative study based on a narrative medicine approach

D. Marinello, I. Palla, V. Lorenzoni, G. Andreozzi, S. Pirri, S. Ticciati, S. Cannizzo, A. Del Bianco, E. Ferretti, S. Santoni, G. Turchetti, M. Mosca, R. Talarico

Open Access Research

The phenotypic spectrum of terminal 6q deletions based on a large cohort derived from social media and literature: a prominent role for DLL1

Aafke Engwerda, Wilhelmina S. Kerstjens-Frederikse, Nicole Corsten-Janssen, Trijnie Dijkhuizen, Conny M. A. van Ravenswaaij-Arts

Open Access Research

Parent-reported phenotype data on chromosome 6 aberrations collected via an online questionnaire: data consistency and data availability

Aafke Engwerda, Barbara Frentz, Eleana Rraku, Nadia F. Simoes de Souza, Morris A. Swertz, Mirjam Plantinga, Wilhelmina S. Kerstjens-Frederikse, Adelita V. Ranchor, Conny M. A. van Ravenswaaij-Arts

Open Access Research

GLUT1-DS Italian registry: past, present, and future: a useful tool for rare disorders

Costanza Varesio, Valentina De Giorgis, Pierangelo Veggiotti, Nardo Nardocci, Tiziana Granata, Francesca Ragona, Ludovica Pasca, Martina Maria Mensi, Renato Borgatti, Sara Olivotto, Roberto Previtali, Antonella Riva, Maria Margherita Mancardi, Pasquale Striano, Mara Cavallin, Renzo Guerrini, Francesca Felicia Operto, Alice Pizzolato, Ruggero Di Maulo, Fabiola Martino, Andrea Lodi, Carla Marini

Open Access Research

The role of SIRT1 level and SIRT1 gene polymorphisms in optic neuritis patients with multiple sclerosis

Aleksandra Kubiliute, Greta Gedvilaite, Alvita Vilkeviciute, Loresa Kriauciuniene, Akvile Bruzaite, Dalia Zaliuniene, Rasa Liutkeviciene

Open Access Research

Sources of variation in estimates of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy prevalence in the United States

Nedra Whitehead, Stephen W. Erickson, Bo Cai, Suzanne McDermott, Holly Peay, James F. Howard, Lijing Ouyang

Open Access Research

Comprehensive analysis of autophagy-related gene expression profiles identified five gene biomarkers associated with immune infiltration and advanced plaques in carotid atherosclerosis

Chi Ma, Taoyuan Lu, Yanyan He, Dehua Guo, Lin Duan, Rufeng Jia, Dongyang Cai, Tao Gao, Zhongcan Chen, Binghua Xue, Tianxiao Li, Yingkun He

Open Access Correction

Correction: Qualitative analysis of patient interviews on the burden of neuronopathic Gaucher disease in Japan

Yuta Koto, Aya Narita, Shinichi Noto, Midori Ono, Anna Lissa Hamada, Norio Sakai

Open Access Research

The phenotypic spectrum of terminal and subterminal 6p deletions based on a social media-derived cohort and literature review

Eleana Rraku, Wilhelmina S. Kerstjens-Frederikse, Morris A. Swertz, Trijnie Dijkhuizen, Conny M. A. van Ravenswaaij-Arts, Aafke Engwerda

Open Access Research

Psychometric evaluation of the Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis Symptom Assessment Form (ISM-SAF©) and determination of a threshold score for moderate symptoms

Alan L. Shields, Fiona Taylor, Roger E. Lamoureux, Brad Padilla, Kas Severson, Tanya Green, Anthony L. Boral, Cem Akin, Frank Siebenhaar, Brenton Mar

Open Access Research

A diagnostic support system based on pain drawings: binary and k-disease classification of EDS, GBS, FSHD, PROMM, and a control group with Pain2D

D. Emmert, N. Szczypien, Tim T. A. Bender, L. Grigull, A. Gass, C. Link, F. Klawonn, R. Conrad, M. Mücke, J. Sellin

Open Access Position statement

Orphan medical devices have come a long way

M. Dooms

Open Access Research

Chenodeoxycholic acid rescues axonal degeneration in induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons from spastic paraplegia type 5 and cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis patients

Yongchao Mou, Ghata Nandi, Sukhada Mukte, Eric Chai, Zhenyu Chen, Jorgen E. Nielsen, Troels T. Nielsen, Chiara Criscuolo, Craig Blackstone, Matthew J. Fraidakis, Xue-Jun Li

Open Access Research

Participation in a national diagnostic research study: assessing the patient experience

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Decentralized clinical trials and rare diseases: a Drug Information Association Innovative Design Scientific Working Group (DIA-IDSWG) perspective

Mercedeh Ghadessi, Junrui Di, Chenkun Wang, Kiichiro Toyoizumi, Nan Shao, Chaoqun Mei, Charmaine Demanuele, Rui (Sammi) Tang, Gianna McMillan, Robert A. Beckman

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Tarekegn Geberhiwot, Melissa Wasserstein, Subadra Wanninayake, Shaun Christopher Bolton, Andrea Dardis, Anna Lehman, Olivier Lidove, Charlotte Dawson, Roberto Giugliani, Jackie Imrie, Justin Hopkin, James Green, Daniel de Vicente Corbeira, Shyam Madathil, Eugen Mengel, Fatih Ezgü, Magali Pettazzoni, Barbara Sjouke, Carla Hollak, Marie T. Vanier, Margaret McGovern, Edward Schuchman

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“I just wanted to speak to someone- and there was no one…”: using Burden of Treatment Theory to understand the impact of a novel ATMP on early recipients

Ian Litchfield, Melanie J. Calvert, Francesca Kinsella, Nisha Sungum, Olalekan L. Aiyegbusi

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Monozygotic twin cases of endometriosis with Glanzmann thrombasthenia: a case report and review of literature

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Anne Morice, Maxime Taverne, Sophie Eché, Lucie Griffon, Brigitte Fauroux, Nicolas Leboulanger, Vincent Couloigner, Geneviève Baujat, Valérie Cormier-Daire, Arnaud Picard, Laurence Legeai-Mallet, Natacha Kadlub, Roman Hossein Khonsari

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Toward patient-centered treatment goals for duchenne muscular dystrophy: insights from the “Your Voice” study

Carolyn E. Schwartz, Skyler Jackson, James Valentine, Natalie Miller, Linda Lowes, Danielle Edwards, Christine McSherry, Dimitrios Savva, Alex Lowe, Jordan McSherry, Patti Engel

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Association between one-session bilateral whole-lung lavage and periprocedural complications in patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a retrospective cohort study

Xiaohan Xu, Huanrong Qiu, Fei Chen, Yuelun Zhang, Xinlun Tian, Yongjian Liu, Ping Wang, Bo Zhu, Yuguang Huang

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ATAD3A-related pontocerebellar hypoplasia: new patients and insights into phenotypic variability

Martina Skopkova, Hana Stufkova, Vibhuti Rambani, Viktor Stranecky, Katarina Brennerova, Miriam Kolnikova, Michaela Pietrzykova, Miloslav Karhanek, Lenka Noskova, Marketa Tesarova, Hana Hansikova, Daniela Gasperikova

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Transition for adolescents with a rare disease: results of a nationwide German project

Corinna Grasemann, Jakob Höppner, Peter Burgard, Michael M. Schündeln, Nora Matar, Gabriele Müller, Heiko Krude, Reinhard Berner, Min Ae Lee-Kirsch, Fabian Hauck, Kerstin Wainwright, Sylvana Baumgarten, Janet Atinga, Jens J. Bauer, Eva Manka, Julia Körholz, Cordula Kiewert, André Heinen, Tanita Kretschmer, Tobias Kurth, Janna Mittnacht, Christoph Schramm, Christoph Klein, Holm Graessner, Olaf Hiort, Ania C. Muntau, Annette Grüters, Georg F. Hoffmann, Daniela Choukair

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Olipudase alfa enzyme replacement therapy for acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD): sustained improvements in clinical outcomes after 6.5 years of treatment in adults

Robin H. Lachmann, George A. Diaz, Melissa P. Wasserstein, Nicole M. Armstrong, Abhimanyu Yarramaneni, Yong Kim, Monica Kumar

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Extending inherited metabolic disorder diagnostics with biomarker interaction visualizations

Denise N. Slenter, Irene M. G. M. Hemel, Chris T. Evelo, Jörgen Bierau, Egon L. Willighagen, Laura K. M. Steinbusch

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The spectrum of imaging manifestations of Gorham–Stout disease: a novel dynamic contrast-enhanced MR lymphangiography

Yuna Lee, Seunghyun Lee, Saebeom Hur, Yun Soo Jeong, Dong In Suh, Jangsup Moon, Man Jin Kim, Young Hun Choi, Jung-Eun Cheon

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Sleep quality, anxiety, symptoms of depression, and caregiver burden among those caring for patients with Dravet syndrome: a prospective multicenter study in Germany

Margarita Maltseva, Susanne Schubert-Bast, Johann Philipp Zöllner, Thomas Bast, Thomas Mayer, Sarah von Spiczak, Susanne Ruf, Regina Trollmann, Markus Wolff, Frauke Hornemann, Kerstin A. Klotz, Julia Jacobs, Gerhard Kurlemann, Bernd A. Neubauer, Tilman Polster, Steffen Syrbe, Astrid Bertsche, Ulrich Bettendorf, Gerhard Kluger, Silke Flege, Felix Rosenow, Lara Kay, Adam Strzelczyk

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Esophageal papillomatosis: an exceedingly rare disease

Dandan Li, Changfeng Li, Yuxing Yan, Minya Liu

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French guidelines for the etiological workup of eosinophilia and the management of hypereosinophilic syndromes

Matthieu Groh, Julien Rohmer, Nicolas Etienne, Wadih Abou Chahla, Antoine Baudet, Aurélie Chan Hew Wai, Cécile Chenivesse, Irena Clisson Rusek, Vincent Cottin, Matthieu Decamp, Pascal De Groote, Fanny Delahousse, Nicolas Duployez, Stanislas Faguer, Frédéric Gottrand, Florent Huang, Thierry Leblanc, Antoine Magnan, Thierry Martin, Geoffrey Mortuaire, Antoine Néel, Luc Paris, Arnaud Petit, Julien Rossignol, Nicolas Schleinitz, Juliette Soret-Dulphy, Delphine Staumont-Salle, Benjamin Terrier, Louis Terriou, Jean-François Viallard, Guillaume Lefèvre, Jean-Emmanuel Kahn

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The genetic spectrum of congenital ocular motor apraxia type Cogan: an observational study, continued

Simone Schröder, Gökhan Yigit, Yun Li, Janine Altmüller, Hans-Martin Büttel, Barbara Fiedler, Christoph Kretzschmar, Peter Nürnberg, Jürgen Seeger, Valentina Serpieri, Enza Maria Valente, Bernd Wollnik, Eugen Boltshauser, Knut Brockmann

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Multivariate analysis and model building for classifying patients in the peroxisomal disorders X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy and Zellweger syndrome in Chinese pediatric patients

Zhixing Zhu, Georgi Z. Genchev, Yanmin Wang, Wei Ji, Xiaofen Zhang, Hui Lu, Sira Sriswasdi, Guoli Tian

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Objective measurement of oral function in adults with spinal muscular atrophy

T. Kruse, S. Shamai, D. Leflerovà, B. Wirth, R. Heller, N. Schloss, H. C. Lehmann, S. Brakemeier, T. Hagenacker, B. Braumann, G. Wunderlich

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Pediatric joint hypermobility: a diagnostic framework and narrative review

Louise Jane Tofts, Jane Simmonds, Sarah B. Schwartz, Roberto M. Richheimer, Constance O’Connor, Ellen Elias, Raoul Engelbert, Katie Cleary, Brad T. Tinkle, Antonie D. Kline, Alan J. Hakim, Marion A. J. van Rossum, Verity Pacey

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Hepatic fibrosis: a manifestation of the liver disease evolution in patients with Ataxia-telangiectasia

Talita Lemos Neves Barreto, Roberto José de Carvalho Filho, David Carlos Shigueoka, Fernando Luiz Affonso Fonseca, Ariel Cordeiro Ferreira, Cristiane Kochi, Carolina Sanchez Aranda, Roseli Oselka Saccardo Sarni

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A systematic overview of rare disease patient registries: challenges in design, quality management, and maintenance

Isabel C. Hageman, Iris A.L.M. van Rooij, Ivo de Blaauw, Misel Trajanovska, Sebastian K. King

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Identification of a novel de novo mutation of SETBP1 and new findings of SETBP1 in tumorgenesis

Hongdan Wang, Yue Gao, Litao Qin, Mengting Zhang, Weili Shi, Zhanqi Feng, Liangjie Guo, Bofeng Zhu, Shixiu Liao

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Home-based enzyme replacement therapy in children and adults with Pompe disease; a prospective study

Imke A. M. Ditters, Nadine A. M. E. van der Beek, Esther Brusse, Ans T. van der Ploeg, Johanna M. P. van den Hout, Hidde H. Huidekoper

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Rima Nabbout, Galliano Zanello, Dixie Baker, Lora Black, Isabella Brambilla, Orion J. Buske, Laurie S. Conklin, Elin Haf Davies, Daria Julkowska, Yeonju Kim, Thomas Klopstock, Harumasa Nakamura, Kim G. Nielsen, Anne R. Pariser, Jose Carlos Pastor, Maurizio Scarpa, Maureen Smith, Domenica Taruscio, Stephen Groft

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Practices and challenges for hemophilia management under resource constraints in Thailand

Chatphatai Moonla, Darintr Sosothikul, Bunchoo Pongtanakul, Bundarika Suwanawiboon, Chanchai Traivaree, Rungrote Natesirinilkul, Nongnuch Sirachainan, Pantep Angchaisuksiri

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The serum levels of activin A and bone morphogenetic protein-4 and -6 in patients with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

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Investigating significant health trends in growth hormone treatments registry: rationale, aims and design of a nationwide prospective registry (study protocol)

Dirk Schnabel, Ilonka Kreitschmann-Andermahr, Christian J. Strasburger, David Pittrow, Christine Pausch, Joachim Woelfle

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IMPOWER: a national patient-generated registry for intestinal malrotation exploring diagnosis, treatment, and surgical outcomes

Sydney A. Martinez, Scott C. Fligor, Savas Tsikis, Meagan Short, Katie E. Corcoran, Amy Rogers, Kathleen M. Gura, Mark Puder

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Ai Peng, Xue Fan, Linling Zou, Huan Chen, Jin Xiang

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Exons 1–3 deletion in FLCN is associated with increased risk of pneumothorax in Chinese patients with Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome

Yue Wang, Mengru Cai, Xianliang Jiang, Guangyu Lv, Daiju Hu, Guofeng Zhang, Jinli Liu, Wei Wei, Jun Xiao, Bing Shen, Jay H. Ryu, Xiaowen Hu

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A wide spectrum of phenotype of deficiency of deaminase 2 (DADA2): a systematic literature review

Ilaria Maccora, Valerio Maniscalco, Silvia Campani, Simona Carrera, Giulia Abbati, Edoardo Marrani, Maria Vincenza Mastrolia, Gabriele Simonini

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The experience of living with Niemann–Pick type C: a patient and caregiver perspective

Emma Golden, Raquel van Gool, Mariesa Cay, Benjamin Goodlett, Amanda Cao, Walla Al-Hertani, Jaymin Upadhyay

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Oral antibiotic prophylaxis for infection in patients with vascular anomalies receiving sirolimus treatment: a multicenter retrospective study

Tong Qiu, Yanan Li, Xue Gong, Jiangyuan Zhou, Kaiying Yang, Xuepeng Zhang, Zixin Zhang, Yuru Lan, Fan Hu, Qiang Peng, Yongbo Zhang, Feiteng Kong, Siyuan Chen, Yi Ji

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Medical care of patients with Wilson disease in Germany: a multidisciplinary survey among university centers

Sebastian Zimny, Hélène Bourhis, Sabine Weber, Florian Paul Reiter, Simon Hohenester, Eduard Kraft, Isabelle Mohr, Uta Merle, Karl Heinz Weiss, Gerald Denk

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Effective long-term sirolimus treatment in hypoxemia mainly due to intrapulmonary right-to-left shunt in a patient with multiple vascular anomalies

Jinrong Liu, Xiaomin Duan, Jie Yin, Haiming Yang, Ruxuan He, Shunying Zhao

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Wanqi Zheng, Ying Duan, Yu Xia, Lili Liang, Zhuwen Gong, Ruifang Wang, Deyun Lu, Kaichuang Zhang, Yi Yang, Yuning Sun, Huiwen Zhang, Lianshu Han, Zizhen Gong, Bing Xiao, Wenjuan Qiu

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Morey W Haymond, David Araújo-Vilar, John Balser, James H Lewis, Ruth Louzado, Carla Musso, Julia von Schnurbein, Martin Wabitsch

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Identification of deep intronic variants of PAH in phenylketonuria using full-length gene sequencing

Chuan Zhang, Yousheng Yan, Bingbo Zhou, Yupei Wang, Xinyuan Tian, Shengju Hao, Panpan Ma, Lei Zheng, Qinghua Zhang, Ling Hui, Yan Wang, Zongfu Cao, Xu Ma

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Åsa Lina M. Jönsson, Ole Hilberg, Ulf Simonsen, Jane Hvarregaard Christensen, Elisabeth Bendstrup

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Yin-Hsi Chang, Eugene Yu-Chuan Kang, Laura Liu, Laura A. Jenny, Rin Khang, Go Hun Seo, Hane Lee, Kuan-Jen Chen, Wei-Chi Wu, Meng-Chang Hsiao, Nan-Kai Wang

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Jong Woo Hahn, Heerah Lee, Moon Woo Seong, Gyeong Hoon Kang, Jin Soo Moon, Jae Sung Ko

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Durga Shankar Meena, Deepak Kumar, Mukesh Sharma, Manika Malik, Akshatha Ravindra, N. Santhanam, Gopal Krishana Bohra, Mahendra Kumar Garg

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A qualitative study on the perspectives of mothers who had been diagnosed with primary carnitine deficiency through newborn screening of their child

Lieke M. van den Heuvel, Adriana Kater-Kuipers, Tessa van Dijk, Loek L. Crefcoeur, Gepke Visser, Mirjam Langeveld, Lidewij Henneman

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Robert J. Graham, Basil T. Darras, Tmirah Haselkorn, Dan Fisher, Casie A. Genetti, Weston Miller, Alan H. Beggs

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Matthew Gittus, Jiehan Chong, Anthea Sutton, Albert C. M. Ong, James Fotheringham

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Victor Maler, Violette Goetz, Marine Tardieu, Abderrahmane El Khalil, Jean Meidi Alili, Philippe Meunier, François Maillot, François Labarthe

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Haruka Nakada, Saori Watanabe, Kyoko Takashima, Shohei Suzuki, Yuki Kawamura, Yutori Takai, Kenji Matsui, Keiichiro Yamamoto

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Correction: Multivariate analysis and model building for classifying patients in the peroxisomal disorders X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy and Zellweger syndrome in Chinese pediatric patients

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Nutrition management of PKU with pegvaliase therapy: update of the web-based PKU nutrition management guideline recommendations

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Burden of adult neurofibromatosis 1 questionnaire: translation and psychometric properties of the Persian version

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Wolfram syndrome type 1: a case series

Danyang Du, Aihemaitijiang Tuhuti, Yanrong Ma, Munila Abuduniyimu, Suli Li, Guoying Ma, Jazyra Zynat, Yanying Guo

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An expanded clinical spectrum of hypoinsulinaemic hypoketotic hypoglycaemia

Alena Welters, Sarah M Leiter, Nadine Bachmann, Carsten Bergmann, Henrike Hoermann, Eckhard Korsch, Thomas Meissner, Felicity Payne, Rachel Williams, Khalid Hussain, Robert K. Semple, Sebastian Kummer

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Pediatric pulmonary multisystem langerhans cell histiocytosis: does lung lesion severity affect the outcome?

Mohamed Sedky, Seham Gohar, Sonia Ahmed, Iman Zaky, Asmaa Salama, Omayma Hassanein, Eslam Maher, Alaa ElHaddad

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Estimating mortality in rare diseases using a population-based registry, 2002 through 2019

Monica Mazzucato, Laura Visonà Dalla Pozza, Cinzia Minichiello, Ema Toto, Andrea Vianello, Paola Facchin

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Prioritization of research engaged with rare disease stakeholders: a systematic review and thematic analysis

Soho Yoon, Minjee Lee, Hoi-In Jung, M. Mahmud Khan, So-Yoon Kim, Hannah Kim, Sophia Wasti

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Experiences of coordinated care for people in the UK affected by rare diseases: cross-sectional survey of patients, carers, and healthcare professionals

Holly Walton, Pei Li Ng, Amy Simpson, Lara Bloom, Lyn S. Chitty, Naomi J. Fulop, Amy Hunter, Jennifer Jones, Joe Kai, Larissa Kerecuk, Maria Kokocinska, Kerry Leeson-Beevers, Sharon Parkes, Angus I. G. Ramsay, Alastair Sutcliffe, Christine Taylor, Stephen Morris

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Correction: Expert Group Consensus on early diagnosis and management of infantile-onset pompe disease in the Gulf Region

Zuhair Al-Hassnan, Nadia Al Hashmi, Nawal Makhseed, Tawfeg Ben Omran, Fatma Al Jasmi, Amal Al Teneiji

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Educational needs of patients, families, and healthcare professionals to support the patient journey in haemophilia gene therapy in the UK

Sara Boyce, Simon Fletcher, April Jones, Ruchika Kohli, Sarah Mangles, Min Ong, Debra Pollard, Sujan Sivasubramaniyam, David Stephensen, Nicola Stoner, Rashid Kazmi

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Explorative research on glucolipid metabolism and levels of adipokines in pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1 patients

Yi Yang, An Song, Fengying Gong, Yan Jiang, Mei Li, Weibo Xia, Xiaoping Xing, Ou Wang, Hui Pan

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Efficacy and safety of compassionate use for rare diseases: a scoping review from 1991 to 2022

Jiayu Wu, Yang Yang, Jiaxin Yu, Luyao Qiao, Wei Zuo, Bo Zhang

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Unilateral interlaminar fenestration on the convex side provides a reliable access for intrathecal administration of nusinersen in spinal muscular atrophy: a retrospective study

Zhen Wang, Erwei Feng, Yang Jiao, Junduo Zhao, Xin Chen, Haozhi Zhang, Jinqian Liang, Zheng Li, Xulei Cui, Weiyun Chen, Jianxiong Shen

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Clinical features, genomic profiling, and outcomes of adult patients with unifocal Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Min Lang, Hua-cong Cai, He Lin, Long Chang, Jia-wen Dai, Jia Chen, Ming-hui Duan, Dao-bin Zhou, Gaurav Goyal, Xin-xin Cao

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Qualified placebo for trials of herbal medicine treatment in rare diseases? A cross-sectional analysis

Yixuan Li, Peipei Du, Xuebin Zhang, Chenyu Ren, Xinyi Shi, Xinglu Dong, Chi Zhang

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Self-reported functioning among patients with ultra-rare nemaline myopathy or a related disorder in Finland: a pilot study

Vilma-Lotta Lehtokari, Minna Similä, Marianne Tammepuu, Carina Wallgren-Pettersson, Sonja Strang-Karlsson, Sinikka Hiekkala

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The improvement of motor symptoms in Huntington’s disease during cariprazine treatment

Reka Csehi, Viktor Molnar, Mariann Fedor, Vivien Zsumbera, Agnes Palasti, Karoly Acsai, Zoltan Grosz, Gyorgy Nemeth, Maria Judit Molnar

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Using theory of change to co-create a programme theory for a telerehabilitation intervention for pain management in people with haemophilia

Paul McLaughlin, Michael Hurley, Pratima Chowdary, Kate Khair, Clive Smith, David Stephensen

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Effectiveness and safety of everolimus treatment in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex in real-world clinical practice

Ine Cockerell, Jakob Christensen, Christina E. Hoei-Hansen, Lotte Holst, Mikkel Grenaa Frederiksen, Aart Imran Issa-Epe, Bård Nedregaard, Ragnar Solhoff, Ketil Heimdal, Cecilie Johannessen Landmark, Caroline Lund, Terje Nærland

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Continued improvement in disease manifestations of acid sphingomyelinase deficiency for adults with up to 2 years of olipudase alfa treatment: open-label extension of the ASCEND trial

Melissa P. Wasserstein, Robin Lachmann, Carla Hollak, Antonio Barbato, Renata C. Gallagher, Roberto Giugliani, Norberto Bernardo Guelbert, Julia B. Hennermann, Takayuki Ikezoe, Olivier Lidove, Paulina Mabe, Eugen Mengel, Maurizio Scarpa, Ebubekir Senates, Michel Tchan, Jesus Villarrubia, Beth L. Thurberg, Abhimanyu Yarramaneni, Nicole M. Armstrong, Yong Kim, Monica Kumar

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Parental experiences and needs of caring for a child with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Dariusz Walkowiak, Jan Domaradzki

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Clinical and genetic profiles of chinese pediatric patients with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

Yu Yan, Liting Tang, Xiaoqin Wang, Kaiyu Zhou, Fan Hu, Hongyu Duan, Xiaoliang Liu, Yimin Hua, Chuan Wang

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Higher dose alglucosidase alfa is associated with improved overall survival in infantile-onset Pompe disease (IOPD): data from the Pompe Registry

Priya S. Kishnani, David Kronn, Shugo Suwazono, Alexander Broomfield, Juan Llerena, Zuhair Nasser Al-Hassnan, Julie L. Batista, Kathryn M. Wilson, Magali Periquet, Nadia Daba, Andreas Hahn, Yin-Hsiu Chien

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Impact of specialist ataxia centres on health service resource utilisation and costs across Europe: cross-sectional survey

Stephen Morris, Julie Vallortigara, Julie Greenfield, Barry Hunt, Deborah Hoffman, Carola Reinhard, Holm Graessner, Antonio Federico, Vinciane Quoidbach, Paola Giunti

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∆4-3-oxo-5β-reductase deficiency: favorable outcome in 16 patients treated with cholic acid

Antoine Gardin, Mathias Ruiz, Jan Beime, Mara Cananzi, Margarete Rathert, Barbara Rohmer, Enke Grabhorn, Marion Almes, Veena Logarajah, Luis Peña-Quintana, Thomas Casswall, Amaria Darmellah-Remil, Ana Reyes-Domínguez, Emna Barkaoui, Loreto Hierro, Carolina Baquero-Montoya, Ulrich Baumann, Björn Fischler, Emmanuel Gonzales, Anne Davit-Spraul, Sophie Laplanche, Emmanuel Jacquemin

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Association of preoperative retinal microcirculation and perioperative outcomes in patients undergoing congenital cardiac surgery

Cong Li, Zhuoting Zhu, Haiyun Yuan, Yijun Hu, Yunlian Xue, Pingting Zhong, Manqing Huang, Yun Ren, Yu Kuang, Xiaomin Zeng, Honghua Yu, Xiaohong Yang

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Delineating family needs in the transition from hospital to home for children with medical complexity: part 1, a meta-aggregation of qualitative studies

L. van de Riet, M. W. Alsem, E. C. van der Leest, F. S. van Etten-Jamaludin, J. M. Maaskant, J. B. M. van Woensel, C. D. van Karnebeek

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Delineating family needs in the transition from hospital to home for children with medical complexity: part 2, a phenomenological study

L. van de Riet, M. W. Alsem, R. S. I. Beijneveld, J. B. M. van Woensel, C. D. van Karnebeek

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Event-related potential (ERP) evidence for visual processing differences in children and adults with cystinosis (CTNS gene mutations)

Douwe J. Horsthuis, Sophie Molholm, John J. Foxe, Ana A. Francisco

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Real life data: follow-up assessment on Spanish Gaucher disease patients treated with eliglustat. TRAZELGA project

Irene Serrano-Gonzalo, Laura López de Frutos, Carlos Lahoz-Gil, Francisco Delgado-Mateos, María Ángeles Fernández-Galán, Montserrat Morales-Conejo, María Victoria Calle-Gordo, Daiana Ibarretxe-Gerediaga, Andrés Madinaveitia-Ochoa, Antonio Albarracin-Arraigosa, José Balanzat-Muñoz, Patricia Correcher-Medina, Luis Javier García-Frade, Jesús María Hernández-Rivas, Francesca Labbadia, Jesus Miguel López-Dupla, María Luisa Lozano-Almela, Elvira Mora-Casterá, María Soledad Noya-Pereira, María Ángeles Ruíz-Guinaldo, María del Mar Tormo-Díaz, Isidro Vitoria-Miñana, Isidro Arévalo-Vargas, Marcio Andrade-Campos, Pilar Giraldo

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Statistical recommendations for count, binary, and ordinal data in rare disease cross-over trials

Martin Geroldinger, Johan Verbeeck, Andrew C. Hooker, Konstantin E. Thiel, Geert Molenberghs, Joakim Nyberg, Johann Bauer, Martin Laimer, Verena Wally, Arne C. Bathke, Georg Zimmermann

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Multicentric Carpo-Tarsal Osteolysis Syndrome (MCTO) and “Function Profile”: a rehabilitative approach

Anna Bruna Ronchetti, Marina Usai, Valentina Savino, Marco Scaglione, Chiara Maria Tacchino, Marta Bertamino, Paolo Moretti, Maja Di Rocco

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Experience of life quality from patients with aplastic anemia: a descriptive qualitative study

Ting Liu, Yue Pan, Menghua Ye, Qiuhua Sun, Xinghong Ding, Min Xu