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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Ausgabe 1/2016

Inhalt (168 Artikel)

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Extending the phenotype of BMPER-related skeletal dysplasias to ischiospinal dysostosis

Ekaterina Kuchinskaya, Giedre Grigelioniene, Anna Hammarsjö, Hye-Ran Lee, Lotta Högberg, Gintautas Grigelionis, Ok-Hwa Kim, Gen Nishimura, Tae-Joon Cho

Open Access Research

The involvement of patient organisations in rare disease research: a mixed methods study in Australia

Deirdre Pinto, Dominique Martin, Richard Chenhall

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Proteus syndrome: evaluation of the immunological profile

Vassilios Lougaris, Vincenzo Salpietro, Maricia Cutrupi, Manuela Baronio, Daniele Moratto, M. R. Pizzino, Kshitij Mankad, Silvana Briuglia, Carmelo Salpietro, Alessandro Plebani

Open Access Research

Role of molecular testing in the multidisciplinary diagnostic approach of ichthyosis

Andrea Diociaiuti, May El Hachem, Elisa Pisaneschi, Simona Giancristoforo, Silvia Genovese, Pietro Sirleto, Renata Boldrini, Adriano Angioni

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: CMTX1 patients’ cells present genomic instability corrected by CamKII inhibitors

Saleh Mones, Burkhard Gess, Benoit Bordignon, Alexandre Altié, Peter Young, Frederic Bihel, Marc Fraterno, Franck Peiretti, Michel Fontes

Open Access Position statement

Position statement on the role of healthcare professionals, patient organizations and industry in European Reference Networks

Carla E. M. Hollak, Marieke Biegstraaten, Matthias R. Baumgartner, Nadia Belmatoug, Bruno Bembi, Annet Bosch, Martijn Brouwers, Hanka Dekker, Dries Dobbelaere, Marc Engelen, Marike C. Groenendijk, Robin Lachmann, Janneke G. Langendonk, Mirjam Langeveld, Gabor Linthorst, Eva Morava, Bwee Tien Poll-The, Shamima Rahman, M. Estela Rubio-Gozalbo, Ute Spiekerkoetter, Eileen Treacy, Ronald Wanders, Johannes Zschocke, Rob Hagendijk

Open Access Research

Diagnosis of late-onset Pompe disease and other muscle disorders by next-generation sequencing

Sébastien Lévesque, Christiane Auray-Blais, Elaine Gravel, Michel Boutin, Laura Dempsey-Nunez, Pierre-Etienne Jacques, Sébastien Chenier, Sandrine Larue, Marie-France Rioux, Walla Al-Hertani, Amelie Nadeau, Jean Mathieu, Bruno Maranda, Valérie Désilets, Paula J. Waters, Joan Keutzer, Stephanie Austin, Priya Kishnani

Open Access Review

Gingival fibromatosis: clinical, molecular and therapeutic issues

Katarzyna Gawron, Katarzyna Łazarz-Bartyzel, Jan Potempa, Maria Chomyszyn-Gajewska

Open Access Research

The neonatal tetrahydrobiopterin loading test in phenylketonuria: what is the predictive value?

Karen Anjema, Floris C. Hofstede, Annet M. Bosch, M. Estela Rubio–Gozalbo, Maaike C. de Vries, Carolien C.A. Boelen, Margreet van Rijn, Francjan J. van Spronsen

Open Access Research

Extrathoracic investigation in adult patients with isolated pulmonary langerhans cell histiocytosis

Abdellatif Tazi, Constance de Margerie-Mellon, Laetitia Vercellino, Jean Marc Naccache, Stéphanie Fry, Stéphane Dominique, Stéphane Jouneau, Gwenaël Lorillon, Emmanuelle Bugnet, Raphael Chiron, Benoit Wallaert, Dominique Valeyre, Sylvie Chevret

Open Access Research

The health system impact of false positive newborn screening results for medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency: a cohort study

Maria D. Karaceper, Pranesh Chakraborty, Doug Coyle, Kumanan Wilson, Jonathan B. Kronick, Steven Hawken, Christine Davies, Marni Brownell, Linda Dodds, Annette Feigenbaum, Deshayne B. Fell, Scott D. Grosse, Astrid Guttmann, Anne-Marie Laberge, Aizeddin Mhanni, Fiona A. Miller, John J. Mitchell, Meranda Nakhla, Chitra Prasad, Cheryl Rockman-Greenberg, Rebecca Sparkes, Brenda J. Wilson, Beth K. Potter

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Os odontoideum in wolcott-rallison syndrome: a case series of 4 patients

R. P. Dias, C. R. Buchanan, N. Thomas, S. Lim, G. Solanki, SEJ Connor, T. G. Barrett, R. R. Kapoor

Open Access Review

JAZF1/SUZ12 gene fusion in endometrial stromal sarcomas

Andelko Hrzenjak

Open Access Research

Systematic reviews in paediatric multiple sclerosis and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease exemplify shortcomings in methods used to evaluate therapies in rare conditions

Steffen Unkel, Christian Röver, Nigel Stallard, Norbert Benda, Martin Posch, Sarah Zohar, Tim Friede

Open Access Position statement

The context for the thematic grouping of rare diseases to facilitate the establishment of European Reference Networks

Teresinha Evangelista, Victoria Hedley, Antonio Atalaia, Matt Johnson, Stephen Lynn, Yann Le Cam, Kate Bushby

Open Access Research

The effect of long-term danazol treatment on haematological parameters in hereditary angioedema

Kinga Viktória Kőhalmi, Nóra Veszeli, Zsuzsanna Zotter, Dorottya Csuka, Szabolcs Benedek, Éva Imreh, Lilian Varga, Henriette Farkas

Open Access Letter to the Editor

The medical experience of a patient with a rare disease and her family

Roberta Garau

Open Access Research

The availability and affordability of orphan drugs for rare diseases in China

Shiwei Gong, Yingxiao Wang, Xiaoyun Pan, Liang Zhang, Rui Huang, Xin Chen, Juanjuan Hu, Yi Xu, Si Jin

Open Access Review

Vici syndrome: a review

Susan Byrne, Carlo Dionisi-Vici, Luke Smith, Mathias Gautel, Heinz Jungbluth

Open Access Review

The P42 peptide and Peptide-based therapies for Huntington’s disease

Cecilia Marelli, Florence Maschat

Open Access Research

Quality of life, fatigue and mental health in patients with the m.3243A > G mutation and its correlates with genetic characteristics and disease manifestation

Christianne Verhaak, Paul de Laat, Saskia Koene, Marijke Tibosch, Richard Rodenburg, Imelda de Groot, Hans Knoop, Mirian Janssen, Jan Smeitink

Open Access Research

Uncommon nucleotide excision repair phenotypes revealed by targeted high-throughput sequencing

Nadège Calmels, Géraldine Greff, Cathy Obringer, Nadine Kempf, Claire Gasnier, Julien Tarabeux, Marguerite Miguet, Geneviève Baujat, Didier Bessis, Patricia Bretones, Anne Cavau, Béatrice Digeon, Martine Doco-Fenzy, Bérénice Doray, François Feillet, Jesus Gardeazabal, Blanca Gener, Sophie Julia, Isabel Llano-Rivas, Artur Mazur, Caroline Michot, Florence Renaldo-Robin, Massimiliano Rossi, Pascal Sabouraud, Boris Keren, Christel Depienne, Jean Muller, Jean-Louis Mandel, Vincent Laugel

Open Access Research

Ten years of specialized adult care for phenylketonuria – a single-centre experience

Ulrike Mütze, Alena Gerlinde Thiele, Christoph Baerwald, Uta Ceglarek, Wieland Kiess, Skadi Beblo

Open Access Research

Biochemical response to substrate reduction therapy versus enzyme replacement therapy in Gaucher disease type 1 patients

Bouwien E. Smid, Maria J. Ferraz, Marri Verhoek, Mina Mirzaian, Patrick Wisse, Herman S. Overkleeft, Carla E. Hollak, Johannes M. Aerts

Open Access Review

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease: review of a rare autoimmune disease targeting antigens of melanocytes

Marcelo Mendes Lavezzo, Viviane Mayumi Sakata, Celso Morita, Ever Ernesto Caso Rodriguez, Smairah Frutuoso Abdallah, Felipe T. G. da Silva, Carlos Eduardo Hirata, Joyce Hisae Yamamoto

Open Access Research

Survey of healthcare experiences of Australian adults living with rare diseases

Caron Molster, Debra Urwin, Louisa Di Pietro, Megan Fookes, Dianne Petrie, Sharon van der Laan, Hugh Dawkins

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Oral epigallocatechin-3-gallate for treatment of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa: a multicentre, randomized, crossover, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Christine Chiaverini, Coralie Roger, Eric Fontas, Emmanuelle Bourrat, Eva Bourdon-Lanoy, Christine Labrèze, Juliette Mazereeuw, Pierre Vabres, Christine Bodemer, Jean-Philippe Lacour

Open Access Research

Carglumic acid enhances rapid ammonia detoxification in classical organic acidurias with a favourable risk-benefit profile: a retrospective observational study

Vassili Valayannopoulos, Julien Baruteau, Maria Bueno Delgado, Aline Cano, Maria L. Couce, Mireia Del Toro, Maria Alice Donati, Angeles Garcia-Cazorla, David Gil-Ortega, Pedro Gomez-de Quero, Nathalie Guffon, Floris C. Hofstede, Sema Kalkan-Ucar, Mahmut Coker, Rosa Lama-More, Mercedes Martinez-Pardo Casanova, Agustin Molina, Samia Pichard, Francesco Papadia, Patricia Rosello, Celine Plisson, Jeannie Le Mouhaer, Anupam Chakrapani

Open Access Review

Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy

Kalliopi Pilichou, Gaetano Thiene, Barbara Bauce, Ilaria Rigato, Elisabetta Lazzarini, Federico Migliore, Martina Perazzolo Marra, Stefania Rizzo, Alessandro Zorzi, Luciano Daliento, Domenico Corrado, Cristina Basso

Open Access Research

Disease awareness in myotonic dystrophy type 1: an observational cross-sectional study

Sigrid Baldanzi, Francesca Bevilacqua, Rita Lorio, Leda Volpi, Costanza Simoncini, Antonio Petrucci, Mirco Cosottini, Gabriele Massimetti, Gloria Tognoni, Giulia Ricci, Corrado Angelini, Gabriele Siciliano

Open Access Research

POEMS syndrome and calciphylaxis: an unrecognized cause of abnormal small vessel calcification

Nobuyuki Araki, Sonoko Misawa, Kazumoto Shibuya, Satoshi Ota, Takashi Oide, Asuka Kawano, Minako Beppu, Yukio Nakatani, Satoshi Kuwabara

Open Access Research

Italian program for independent research on drugs: 10 year follow-up of funded studies in the area of rare diseases

Giuseppe Traversa, Lucia Masiero, Luciano Sagliocca, Francesco Trotta

Open Access Research

Phenotype and natural history in 101 individuals with Pitt-Hopkins syndrome through an internet questionnaire system

Channa F. de Winter, Melanie Baas, Emilia K. Bijlsma, John van Heukelingen, Sue Routledge, Raoul C. M. Hennekam

Open Access Research

GNAO1 encephalopathy: further delineation of a severe neurodevelopmental syndrome affecting females

Anna Marcé-Grau, James Dalton, Javier López-Pisón, María Concepción García-Jiménez, Lorena Monge-Galindo, Ester Cuenca-León, Jesús Giraldo, Alfons Macaya

Open Access Research

Prevalence and onset of comorbidities in the CDKL5 disorder differ from Rett syndrome

Meghana Mangatt, Kingsley Wong, Barbara Anderson, Amy Epstein, Stuart Hodgetts, Helen Leonard, Jenny Downs

Open Access Review

Moving towards effective therapeutic strategies for Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis

Ryan D. Geraets, Seung yon Koh, Michelle L. Hastings, Tammy Kielian, David A. Pearce, Jill M. Weimer

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Natural history of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis: a paediatric disease diagnosed in adulthood

Bertrand Degos, Yann Nadjar, Maria del Mar Amador, Foudil Lamari, Frédéric Sedel, Emmanuel Roze, Philippe Couvert, Fanny Mochel

Open Access Research

Hereditary angioedema due to C1 - inhibitor deficiency in Switzerland: clinical characteristics and therapeutic modalities within a cohort study

Urs C. Steiner, Christina Weber-Chrysochoou, Arthur Helbling, Kathrin Scherer, Peter Schmid Grendelmeier, Walter A. Wuillemin

Open Access Research

A summary of molecular genetic findings in fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase deficiency with a focus on a common long-range deletion and the role of MLPA analysis

René Santer, Marcel du Moulin, Tatevik Shahinyan, Inga Vater, Esther Maier, Ania C. Muntau, Beat Steinmann

Open Access Research

Brain injury unmasking Ehlers-Danlos syndromes after trauma: the fiber print

Claude Hamonet, Daniel Frédy, Jérémie H. Lefèvre, Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde, Jean-David Zeitoun

Open Access Research

Life expectancy of parents with Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia

E. M. de Gussem, C. P. Edwards, A. E. Hosman, C. J. J. Westermann, R. J. Snijder, M. E. Faughnan, J. J. Mager

Open Access Review

Cystinosis: a review

Mohamed A. Elmonem, Koenraad R. Veys, Neveen A. Soliman, Maria van Dyck, Lambertus P. van den Heuvel, Elena Levtchenko

Open Access Research

MUC1 gene polymorphisms are associated with serum KL-6 levels and pulmonary dysfunction in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Francesco Bonella, Xiaoping Long, Shinichiro Ohshimo, Yasushi Horimasu, Matthias Griese, Josune Guzman, Nobuoki Kohno, Ulrich Costabel

Open Access Research

Haematological spectrum and genotype-phenotype correlations in nine unrelated families with RUNX1 mutations from the French network on inherited platelet disorders

Veronique Latger-Cannard, Christophe Philippe, Alexandre Bouquet, Veronique Baccini, Marie-Christine Alessi, Annick Ankri, Anne Bauters, Sophie Bayart, Pascale Cornillet-Lefebvre, Sylvie Daliphard, Marie-Joelle Mozziconacci, Aline Renneville, Paola Ballerini, Guy Leverger, Hagay Sobol, Philippe Jonveaux, Claude Preudhomme, Paquita Nurden, Thomas Lecompte, Remi Favier

Open Access Research

Severe tracheal and bronchial collapse in adults with type II mucopolysaccharidosis

M. Rutten, P. Ciet, R. van den Biggelaar, E. Oussoren, J. G. Langendonk, A. T. van der Ploeg, M. Langeveld

Open Access Research

Alternative laronidase dose regimen for patients with mucopolysaccharidosis I: a multinational, retrospective, chart review case series

Dafne Dain Gandelman Horovitz, Angelina X. Acosta, Roberto Giugliani, Anna Hlavatá, Katarína Hlavatá, Michel C. Tchan, Anneliese Lopes Barth, Laercio Cardoso Jr., Emília Katiane Embiruçu de Araújo Leão, Ana Carolina Esposito, Sandra Obikawa Kyosen, Carolina Fischinger Moura De Souza, Ana Maria Martins

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Phenotype variability of infantile-onset multisystem neurologic, endocrine, and pancreatic disease IMNEPD

Sylvie Picker-Minh, Cyril Mignot, Diane Doummar, Mais Hashem, Eissa Faqeih, Patrice Josset, Béatrice Dubern, Fowzan S. Alkuraya, Nadine Kraemer, Angela M. Kaindl

Open Access Review

Rethinking fatigue in Gaucher disease

Y. Chen Zion, E. Pappadopulos, M. Wajnrajch, H. Rosenbaum

Open Access Research

Alpha-Galactosidase A p.A143T, a non-Fabry disease-causing variant

Malte Lenders, Frank Weidemann, Christine Kurschat, Sima Canaan-Kühl, Thomas Duning, Jörg Stypmann, Boris Schmitz, Stefanie Reiermann, Johannes Krämer, Daniela Blaschke, Christoph Wanner, Stefan-Martin Brand, Eva Brand

Open Access Research

Treatment with Oral ATP decreases alternating hemiplegia of childhood with de novo ATP1A3 Mutation

Jun Ju, Shinichi Hirose, Xiu-Yu Shi, Atsushi Ishii, Lin-Yan Hu, Li-Ping Zou

Open Access Research

High unacylated ghrelin levels support the concept of anorexia in infants with prader-willi syndrome

Veronique Beauloye, Gwenaelle Diene, Renske Kuppens, Francis Zech, Coralie Winandy, Catherine Molinas, Sandy Faye, Isabelle Kieffer, Dominique Beckers, Ricard Nergårdh, Berthold Hauffa, Christine Derycke, Patrick Delhanty, Anita Hokken-Koelega, Maithé Tauber

Open Access Research

Utility of whole exome sequencing for the early diagnosis of pediatric-onset cerebellar atrophy associated with developmental delay in an inbred population

Hisham Megahed, Michaël Nicouleau, Giulia Barcia, Daniel Medina-Cano, Karine Siquier-Pernet, Christine Bole-Feysot, Mélanie Parisot, Cécile Masson, Patrick Nitschké, Marlène Rio, Nadia Bahi-Buisson, Isabelle Desguerre, Arnold Munnich, Nathalie Boddaert, Laurence Colleaux, Vincent Cantagrel

Open Access Research

Disease burden of spinal muscular atrophy in Germany

Constanze Klug, Olivia Schreiber-Katz, Simone Thiele, Elisabeth Schorling, Janet Zowe, Peter Reilich, Maggie C. Walter, Klaus H. Nagels

Open Access Research

Impact of orphan drugs on Latvian budget

Konstantins Logviss, Dainis Krievins, Santa Purvina

Open Access Research

Novel treatments for rare rheumatologic disorders: analysis of the impact of 30 years of the US orphan drug act

Thomas Lutz, Anette Lampert, Georg F. Hoffmann, Markus Ries

Open Access Review

Birdshot chorioretinopathy: current knowledge and new concepts in pathophysiology, diagnosis, monitoring and treatment

Evangelos Minos, Robert J. Barry, Sue Southworth, Annie Folkard, Philip I. Murray, Jay S. Duker, Pearse A. Keane, Alastair K. Denniston

Open Access Research

Complex translocation disrupting TCF4 and altering TCF4 isoform expression segregates as mild autosomal dominant intellectual disability

Valerie Maduro, Barbara N. Pusey, Praveen F. Cherukuri, Paul Atkins, Christèle du Souich, Rosemarie Rupps, Marjolaine Limbos, David R. Adams, Samarth S. Bhatt, Patrice Eydoux, Amanda E. Links, Anna Lehman, May C. Malicdan, Christopher E. Mason, Marie Morimoto, James C. Mullikin, Andrew Sear, Clara Van Karnebeek, Pawel Stankiewicz, William A. Gahl, Camilo Toro, Cornelius F. Boerkoel

Open Access Research

Slow, progressive myopathy in neonatally treated patients with infantile-onset Pompe disease: a muscle magnetic resonance imaging study

Steven Shinn-Forng Peng, Wuh-Liang Hwu, Ni-Chung Lee, Fuu-Jen Tsai, Wen-Hui Tsai, Yin-Hsiu Chien

Open Access Research

Invasive meningococcal disease in three siblings with hereditary deficiency of the 8th component of complement: evidence for the importance of an early diagnosis

Rosa Maria Dellepiane, Laura Dell’Era, Paola Pavesi, Paolo Macor, Mara Giordano, Luca De Maso, Maria Cristina Pietrogrande, Massimo Cugno

Open Access Research

Childhood Pompe disease: clinical spectrum and genotype in 31 patients

C. I. van Capelle, J. C. van der Meijden, J. M. P. van den Hout, J. Jaeken, M. Baethmann, T. Voit, M. A. Kroos, T. G. J. Derks, M. E. Rubio-Gozalbo, M. A. Willemsen, R. H. Lachmann, E. Mengel, H. Michelakakis, J. C. de Jongste, A. J. J. Reuser, A. T. van der Ploeg

Open Access Research

The partnership of patient advocacy groups and clinical investigators in the rare diseases clinical research network

Peter A. Merkel, Michele Manion, Rashmi Gopal-Srivastava, Stephen Groft, H. A. Jinnah, David Robertson, Jeffrey P. Krischer

Open Access Research

Pulmonary and pleural lymphatic endothelial cells from pediatric, but not adult, patients with Gorham-Stout disease and generalized lymphatic anomaly, show a high proliferation rate

Michiko Mori, Michael Dictor, Nicholas Brodszki, Juan Carlos López-Gutiérrez, María Beato, Jonas S. Erjefält, Erik A. Eklund

Open Access Research

Pharmaceutical expenditure on drugs for rare diseases in Canada: a historical (2007–13) and prospective (2014–18) MIDAS sales data analysis

Victoria Divino, Mitch DeKoven, Michael Kleinrock, Rolin L. Wade, Tony Kim, Satyin Kaura

Open Access Research

Nation-wide epidemiological study of Japanese patients with rare viral myelopathy using novel registration system (HAM-net)

Ariella L. G. Coler-Reilly, Naoko Yagishita, Hiroko Suzuki, Tomoo Sato, Natsumi Araya, Eisuke Inoue, Ayako Takata, Yoshihisa Yamano

Open Access Research

Quantifying benefit-risk preferences for new medicines in rare disease patients and caregivers

T. Morel, S. Aymé, D. Cassiman, S. Simoens, M. Morgan, M. Vandebroek

Open Access Review

Systematic review on the evaluation criteria of orphan medicines in Central and Eastern European countries

Tamás Zelei, Mária J. Molnár, Márta Szegedi, Zoltán Kaló

Open Access Research

Catastrophic expenditure and impoverishment of patients affected by 7 rare diseases in China

Xiao-Xiong Xin, Xiao-Dong Guan, Lu-Wen Shi

Open Access Research

Results from a large targeted screening program for alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency: 2003 - 2015

Timm Greulich, Christoph Nell, Christian Herr, Claus Vogelmeier, Viktor Kotke, Stefan Wiedmann, Marion Wencker, Robert Bals, Andreas Rembert Koczulla

Open Access Review

Rare disease landscape in Brazil: report of a successful experience in inborn errors of metabolism

Roberto Giugliani, Filippo P. Vairo, Mariluce Riegel, Carolina F. M. de Souza, Ida V. D. Schwartz, Sérgio D. J. Pena

Open Access Research

The rare and undiagnosed diseases diagnostic service – application of massively parallel sequencing in a state-wide clinical service

Gareth Baynam, Nicholas Pachter, Fiona McKenzie, Sharon Townshend, Jennie Slee, Cathy Kiraly-Borri, Anand Vasudevan, Anne Hawkins, Stephanie Broley, Lyn Schofield, Hedwig Verhoef, Caroline E. Walker, Caron Molster, Jenefer M. Blackwell, Sarra Jamieson, Dave Tang, Timo Lassmann, Kym Mina, John Beilby, Mark Davis, Nigel Laing, Lesley Murphy, Tarun Weeramanthri, Hugh Dawkins, Jack Goldblatt

Open Access Position statement

Directions for new developments on statistical design and analysis of small population group trials

Ralf-Dieter Hilgers, Kit Roes, Nigel Stallard, Corinne Alberti, Caroline van Baal, Norbert Benda, Egbert Biesheuvel, Carl Fredrik Burmann, Malgorzata Bogdan, Emmanuelle Comets, Simon Day, Holger Dette, Alex Dmitrienko, Tim Friede, Alexandra Graf, Mats Karlsson, Armin Koch, Franz König, Johanna H. van der Lee, Frederike Lentz, Jason Madan, Christoph Male, France Mentré, Frank Miller, Geert Molenberghs, Beat Neuenschwander, Martin Posch, Cor Oosterwijk, Christian Röver, Stephen Senn, Ferran Torres, Sarah Zohar

Open Access Research

Impaired activity of CCA-adding enzyme TRNT1 impacts OXPHOS complexes and cellular respiration in SIFD patient-derived fibroblasts

Urszula Liwak-Muir, Hapsatou Mamady, Turaya Naas, Quinlan Wylie, Skye McBride, Matthew Lines, Jean Michaud, Stephen D. Baird, Pranesh K. Chakraborty, Martin Holcik

Open Access Research

Improvement of sexual function in POEMS syndrome after combination therapy of Lenalidomide and dexamethasone

Hongbo Yang, Xufei Huang, Qianqian Cai, Chen Wang, Xinxin Cao, Daobin Zhou, Jian Li

Open Access Research

Characteristics of patients contacting a center for undiagnosed and rare diseases

Tobias Mueller, Andreas Jerrentrup, Max Jakob Bauer, Hans Walter Fritsch, Juergen Rolf Schaefer

Open Access Research

A longitudinal investigation into cognition and disease progression in spinocerebellar ataxia types 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7

Amy Moriarty, Arron Cook, Helen Hunt, Matthew E. Adams, Lisa Cipolotti, Paola Giunti

Open Access Research

Does the route of immunoglobin replacement therapy impact quality of life and satisfaction in patients with primary immunodeficiency? Insights from the French cohort “Visages”

B. Bienvenu, G. Cozon, C. Hoarau, M. Pasquet, P. Cherin, P. Clerson, E. Hachulla, J. C. Crave, J. C. Delain, R. Jaussaud

Open Access Research

A case of fatal Type I congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG I) associated with low dehydrodolichol diphosphate synthase (DHDDS) activity

S. Sabry, S. Vuillaumier-Barrot, E. Mintet, M. Fasseu, V. Valayannopoulos, D. Héron, N. Dorison, C. Mignot, N. Seta, I. Chantret, T. Dupré, S. E. H. Moore

Open Access Research

Causes of death and clinical characteristics of 34 patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis II in Taiwan from 1995–2012

Hsiang-Yu Lin, Chih-Kuang Chuang, Yu-Hsiu Huang, Ru-Yi Tu, Fang-Ju Lin, Shio Jean Lin, Pao Chin Chiu, Dau-Ming Niu, Fuu-Jen Tsai, Wuh-Liang Hwu, Yin-Hsiu Chien, Ju-Li Lin, Yen-Yin Chou, Wen-Hui Tsai, Tung-Ming Chang, Shuan-Pei Lin

Open Access Research

Neurocognitive outcome in tyrosinemia type 1 patients compared to healthy controls

Willem G. van Ginkel, Rianne Jahja, Stephan C. J. Huijbregts, Anne Daly, Anita MacDonald, Corinne De Laet, David Cassiman, François Eyskens, Irene M. L. W. Körver-Keularts, Philippe J. Goyens, Patrick J. McKiernan, Francjan J. van Spronsen

Open Access Research

Multicenter Female Fabry Study (MFFS) - clinical survey on current treatment of females with Fabry disease

Malte Lenders, Julia B. Hennermann, Christine Kurschat, Arndt Rolfs, Sima Canaan-Kühl, Claudia Sommer, Nurcan Üçeyler, Christoph Kampmann, Nesrin Karabul, Anne-Katrin Giese, Thomas Duning, Jörg Stypmann, Johannes Krämer, Frank Weidemann, Stefan-Martin Brand, Christoph Wanner, Eva Brand

Open Access Research

FGFR3 gene mutation plus GRB10 gene duplication in a patient with achondroplasia plus growth delay with prenatal onset

Haiming Yuan, Linhuan Huang, Xizi Hu, Qian Li, Xiaofang Sun, Yingjun Xie, Shu Kong, Xiaoman Wang

Open Access Research

TRNT1 deficiency: clinical, biochemical and molecular genetic features

Yehani Wedatilake, Rojeen Niazi, Elisa Fassone, Christopher A. Powell, Sarah Pearce, Vincent Plagnol, José W. Saldanha, Robert Kleta, W Kling Chong, Emma Footitt, Philippa B. Mills, Jan-Willem Taanman, Michal Minczuk, Peter T. Clayton, Shamima Rahman

Open Access Research

MYH7-related myopathies: clinical, histopathological and imaging findings in a cohort of Italian patients

C. Fiorillo, G. Astrea, M. Savarese, D. Cassandrini, G. Brisca, F. Trucco, M. Pedemonte, R. Trovato, L. Ruggiero, L. Vercelli, A. D’Amico, G. Tasca, M. Pane, M. Fanin, L. Bello, P. Broda, O. Musumeci, C. Rodolico, S. Messina, G. L. Vita, M. Sframeli, S. Gibertini, L. Morandi, M. Mora, L. Maggi, A. Petrucci, R. Massa, M. Grandis, A. Toscano, E. Pegoraro, E. Mercuri, E. Bertini, T. Mongini, L. Santoro, V. Nigro, C. Minetti, F. M. Santorelli, C. Bruno

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: An exploratory randomised double-blind and placebo-controlled phase 2 study of a combination of baclofen, naltrexone and sorbitol (PXT3003) in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A

Shahram Attarian, Jean-Michel Vallat, Laurent Magy, Benoît Funalot, Pierre-Marie Gonnaud, Arnaud Lacour, Yann Péréon, Odile Dubourg, Jean Pouget, Joëlle Micallef, Jérôme Franques, Marie-Noëlle Lefebvre, Karima Ghorab, Mahmoud Al-Moussawi, Vincent Tiffreau, Marguerite Preudhomme, Armelle Magot, Laurène Leclair-Visonneau, Tanya Stojkovic, Laura Bossi, Philippe Lehert, Walter Gilbert, Viviane Bertrand, Jonas Mandel, Aude Milet, Rodolphe Hajj, Lamia Boudiaf, Catherine Scart-Grès, Serguei Nabirotchkin, Mickael Guedj, Ilya Chumakov, Daniel Cohen

Open Access Research

Musculoskeletal manifestations in mucopolysaccharidosis type I (Hurler syndrome) following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Mona Schmidt, Sandra Breyer, Ulrike Löbel, Sinef Yarar, Ralf Stücker, Kurt Ullrich, Ingo Müller, Nicole Muschol

Open Access Research

Whole exome sequencing diagnosis of inborn errors of metabolism and other disorders in United Arab Emirates

Aisha Al-Shamsi, Jozef L. Hertecant, Abdul-Kader Souid, Fatma A. Al-Jasmi

Open Access Research

Mucopolysaccharidosis I; Parental beliefs about the impact of disease on the quality of life of their children

A. Soni-Jaiswal, J. Mercer, S. A. Jones, I. A. Bruce, P. Callery

Open Access Research

Common disease signatures from gene expression analysis in Huntington’s disease human blood and brain

Eleni Mina, Willeke van Roon-Mom, Kristina Hettne, Erik van Zwet, Jelle Goeman, Christian Neri, Peter A.C. ’t Hoen, Barend Mons, Marco Roos

Open Access Research

Health survey of adults with hereditary spastic paraparesis compared to population study controls

Krister W. Fjermestad, Øivind J. Kanavin, Eva E. Næss, Lise B. Hoxmark, Grete Hummelvoll

Open Access Research

Analysis of voice quality in patients with late-onset Pompe disease

Krzysztof Szklanny, Ryszard Gubrynowicz, Katarzyna Iwanicka-Pronicka, Anna Tylki-Szymańska

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Brain morphometry in Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia type 2

Kaspar Ekert, Samuel Groeschel, Iciar Sánchez-Albisua, Saskia Frölich, Andrea Dieckmann, Corinna Engel, Ingeborg Krägeloh-Mann

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Copy number variants and rasopathies: germline KRAS duplication in a patient with syndrome including pigmentation abnormalities

Brigitte Gilbert-Dussardier, Audrey Briand-Suleau, Ingrid Laurendeau, Frédéric Bilan, Hélène Cavé, Alain Verloes, Michel Vidaud, Dominique Vidaud, Eric Pasmant

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Increased red cell distribution width in Fanconi anemia: a novel marker of stress erythropoiesis

Rosa Sousa, Cristina Gonçalves, Isabel Couto Guerra, Emília Costa, Ana Fernandes, Maria do Bom Sucesso, Joana Azevedo, Alfredo Rodriguez, Rocio Rius, Carlos Seabra, Fátima Ferreira, Letícia Ribeiro, Anabela Ferrão, Sérgio Castedo, Esmeralda Cleto, Jorge Coutinho, Félix Carvalho, José Barbot, Beatriz Porto

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Early pancreatic volume reduction on CT predicts relapse in patients with type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis treated with steroids

Yoshinori Ohno, Teru Kumagi, Tomoyuki Yokota, Nobuaki Azemoto, Yoshinori Tanaka, Kazuhiro Tange, Nobu Inada, Hideki Miyata, Yoshiki Imamura, Mitsuhito Koizumi, Taira Kuroda, Yoichi Hiasa

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Nosological delineation of congenital ocular motor apraxia type Cogan: an observational study

Sarah Wente, Simone Schröder, Johannes Buckard, Hans-Martin Büttel, Florian von Deimling, Wilfried Diener, Martin Häussler, Susanne Hübschle, Silvia Kinder, Gerhard Kurlemann, Christoph Kretzschmar, Michael Lingen, Wiebke Maroske, Dirk Mundt, Iciar Sánchez-Albisua, Jürgen Seeger, Sandra P. Toelle, Eugen Boltshauser, Knut Brockmann

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Altered skeletal muscle (mitochondrial) properties in patients with mitochondrial DNA single deletion myopathy

Saskia Maria Gehrig, Violeta Mihaylova, Sebastian Frese, Sandro Manuel Mueller, Maria Ligon-Auer, Christina M. Spengler, Jens A. Petersen, Carsten Lundby, Hans H. Jung

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ROHHAD syndrome and evolution of sleep disordered breathing

Diana Reppucci, Jill Hamilton, E Ann Yeh, Sherri Katz, Suhail Al-Saleh, Indra Narang

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State of rare disease management in Southeast Asia

Asrul Akmal Shafie, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, Azuwana Supian, Jeremy Lim, Matt Zafra, Mohamed Azmi Ahmad Hassali

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Expanding the clinical spectrum of COL1A1 mutations in different forms of glaucoma

Lucia Mauri, Steffen Uebe, Heinrich Sticht, Urs Vossmerbaeumer, Nicole Weisschuh, Emanuela Manfredini, Edoardo Maselli, Mariacristina Patrosso, Robert N. Weinreb, Silvana Penco, André Reis, Francesca Pasutto

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Diffuse reduction of cerebral grey matter volumes in Erdheim-Chester disease

Eli L. Diamond, Vaios Hatzoglou, Sneha Patel, Omar Abdel-Wahab, Raajit Rampal, David M. Hyman, Andrei I. Holodny, Ashish Raj

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Primary immunodeficiency associated with chromosomal aberration – an ESID survey

Ellen Schatorjé, Michiel van der Flier, Mikko Seppänen, Michael Browning, Megan Morsheimer, Stefanie Henriet, João Farela Neves, Donald Cuong Vinh, Laia Alsina, Anete Grumach, Pere Soler-Palacin, Thomas Boyce, Fatih Celmeli, Ekaterini Goudouris, Grant Hayman, Richard Herriot, Elisabeth Förster-Waldl, Markus Seidel, Annet Simons, Esther de Vries

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Vascular type Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is associated with platelet dysfunction and low vitamin D serum concentration

Albert Busch, Sabine Hoffjan, Frauke Bergmann, Birgit Hartung, Helena Jung, Daniela Hanel, Andeas Tzschach, Janos Kadar, Yskert von Kodolitsch, Christoph-Thomas Germer, Heiner Trobisch, Erwin Strasser, René Wildenauer

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Phenylketonuria screening in the Republic of Macedonia

Mirjana Kocova, Violeta Anastasovska

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Clinical and endocrine characteristics and genetic analysis of Korean children with McCune–Albright syndrome: a retrospective cohort study

Eun-Kyung Cho, Jinsup Kim, Aram Yang, Chang-Seok Ki, Ji-Eun Lee, Sung Yoon Cho, Dong-Kyu Jin

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Establishment of reference values of α-tocopherol in plasma, red blood cells and adipose tissue in healthy children to improve the management of chylomicron retention disease, a rare genetic hypocholesterolemia

Charlotte Cuerq, Lioara Restier, Jocelyne Drai, Emilie Blond, Adeline Roux, Sybil Charriere, Marie-Caroline Michalski, Mathilde Di Filippo, Emile Levy, Alain Lachaux, Noël Peretti

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Whole lung lavage therapy for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a global survey of current practices and procedures

Ilaria Campo, Maurizio Luisetti, Matthias Griese, Bruce C. Trapnell, Francesco Bonella, Jan Grutters, Koh Nakata, Coline H. M. Van Moorsel, Ulrich Costabel, Vincent Cottin, Toshio Ichiwata, Yoshikazu Inoue, Antonio Braschi, Giacomo Bonizzoni, Giorgio A. Iotti, Carmine Tinelli, Giuseppe Rodi, Toru Arai, Andrey A. Bazhanov, Issahar Ben-Dov, Francesco Bonella, Antonio Braschi, Alicia Casey, Ulrich Costabel, Vincent Cottin, Deniz Dogru, Wolfgang Gesierich, Matthias Griese, Jan C. Grutters, Maija Halme, Michael Henry, Felix J. F. Herth, Wang Hui-ying, Toshio Ichiwata, Julia M. Ilkovich, Yoshikazu Inoue, Giorgio A. Iotti, Sarosh Irani, Vítězslav Kolek, António Morais, Cliff Morgan, Thomas Nicolai, Lubov N. Novikova, Robert Primhak, Karl Reiter, George Retsch-Bogart, Giuseppe Rodi, Eric Russi, Jochen Schmitz, Carola Schön, Christian Schumann, Marcel Veltkamp, Charl Verwey, Robert E. Wood

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Clinical course of 63 patients with neonatal onset urea cycle disorders in the years 2001–2013

Caroline Unsinn, Anibh Das, Vassili Valayannopoulos, Eva Thimm, Skadi Beblo, Alberto Burlina, Vassiliki Konstantopoulou, Sebene Mayorandan, Pascale de Lonlay, Jörg Rennecke, Jens Derbinski, Georg F. Hoffmann, Johannes Häberle

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Inherited epidermolysis bullosa and squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review of 117 cases

H. Montaudié, C. Chiaverini, E. Sbidian, A. Charlesworth, J-P. Lacour

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Improving diagnosis of inherited peripheral neuropathies through gene panel analysis

Petra Laššuthová, Dana Šafka Brožková, Marcela Krůtová, Jana Neupauerová, Jana Haberlová, Radim Mazanec, Pavel Dřímal, Pavel Seeman

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Health-related quality of life in mucopolysaccharidosis: looking beyond biomedical issues

Christian J. Hendriksz, Kenneth I. Berger, Christina Lampe, Susanne G. Kircher, Paul J. Orchard, Rebecca Southall, Sarah Long, Stephen Sande, Jeffrey I. Gold

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Safety and efficacy of vismodegib in patients with basal cell carcinoma nevus syndrome: pooled analysis of two trials

Anne Lynn S. Chang, Sarah T. Arron, Michael R. Migden, James A. Solomon, Simon Yoo, Bann-Mo Day, Edward F. McKenna, Aleksandar Sekulic

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Ataxia, dystonia and myoclonus in adult patients with Niemann-Pick type C

L. H. Koens, A. Kuiper, M. A. Coenen, J. W. J. Elting, J. J. de Vries, M. Engelen, J. H. T. M. Koelman, F. J. van Spronsen, J. M. Spikman, T. J. de Koning, M. A. J. Tijssen

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The correlation between HTA recommendations and reimbursement status of orphan drugs in Europe

Paweł Kawalec, Anna Sagan, Andrzej Pilc

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Lipid profile status and other related factors in patients with Hyperphenylalaninaemia

María L. Couce, Isidro Vitoria, Luís Aldámiz-Echevarría, Ana Fernández-Marmiesse, Iria Roca, Marta Llarena, Paula Sánchez-Pintos, Rosaura Leis, Alvaro Hermida

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Gynecologic symptoms and the influence on reproductive life in 386 women with hypermobility type ehlers-danlos syndrome: a cohort study

Justine Hugon-Rodin, Géraldine Lebègue, Stéphanie Becourt, Claude Hamonet, Anne Gompel

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The role of small in-frame insertions/deletions in inherited eye disorders and how structural modelling can help estimate their pathogenicity

Panagiotis I. Sergouniotis, Stephanie J. Barton, Sarah Waller, Rahat Perveen, Jamie M. Ellingford, Christopher Campbell, Georgina Hall, Rachel L. Gillespie, Sanjeev S. Bhaskar, Simon C. Ramsden, Graeme C. Black, Simon C. Lovell

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Thirteen year retrospective review of the spectrum of inborn errors of metabolism presenting in a tertiary center in Saudi Arabia

Majid Alfadhel, Mohammed Benmeakel, Mohammad Arif Hossain, Fuad Al Mutairi, Ali Al Othaim, Ahmed A. Alfares, Mohammed Al Balwi, Abdullah Alzaben, Wafaa Eyaid

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Efficacy and safety of i.v. sodium benzoate in urea cycle disorders: a multicentre retrospective study

Marie-Caroline Husson, Manuel Schiff, Alain Fouilhoux, Aline Cano, Dries Dobbelaere, Anais Brassier, Karine Mention, Jean-Baptiste Arnoux, François Feillet, Brigitte Chabrol, Nathalie Guffon, Caroline Elie, Pascale de Lonlay

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Everolimus safety and efficacy for renal angiomyolipomas associated with tuberous sclerosis complex: a Spanish expanded access trial

Nicolás Roberto Robles, Ramón Peces, Álvaro Gómez-Ferrer, Felipe Villacampa, Jose Luis Álvarez-Ossorio, Pedro Pérez-Segura, Juan Morote, Bernardo Herrera-Imbroda, Javier Nieto, Joaquín Carballido, Urbano Anido, Marian Valero, Cristina Meseguer, Roser Torra

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Abnormal serum microRNA profiles in tuberous sclerosis are normalized during treatment with everolimus: possible clinical implications

Joanna Trelinska, Wojciech Fendler, Iwona Dachowska, Katarzyna Kotulska, Sergiusz Jozwiak, Karolina Antosik, Piotr Gnys, Maciej Borowiec, Wojciech Mlynarski

Open Access Letter to the Editor

SPATA5 mutations cause a distinct autosomal recessive phenotype of intellectual disability, hypotonia and hearing loss

Rebecca Buchert, Addie I. Nesbitt, Hasan Tawamie, Ian D. Krantz, Livija Medne, Ingo Helbig, Dena R. Matalon, André Reis, Avni Santani, Heinrich Sticht, Rami Abou Jamra

Open Access Review

Prader-Willi syndrome mental health research strategy workshop proceedings: the state of the science and future directions

Lauren Schwartz, Anthony Holland, Elisabeth Dykens, Theresa Strong, Elizabeth Roof, Jessica Bohonowych

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Rett syndrome: a wide clinical and autonomic picture

G. Pini, S. Bigoni, L. Congiu, A. M. Romanelli, M. F. Scusa, P. Di Marco, A. Benincasa, P. Morescalchi, A. Ferlini, F. Bianchi, D. Tropea, M. Zappella

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High attack frequency in patients with angioedema due to C1-inhibitor deficiency is a major determinant in switching to home therapy: a real-life observational study

Veronica Squeglia, Alessandro Barbarino, Maria Bova, Carmela Gravante, Angelica Petraroli, Giuseppe Spadaro, Massimo Triggiani, Arturo Genovese, Gianni Marone

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Combined integrated protocol/basket trial design for a first-in-human trial

Ulla Derhaschnig, Jim Gilbert, Ulrich Jäger, Georg Böhmig, Georg Stingl, Bernd Jilma

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The risks of overlooking the diagnosis of secreting pituitary adenomas

Thierry Brue, Frederic Castinetti

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Viable phenotype of ILNEB syndrome without nephrotic impairment in siblings heterozygous for unreported integrin alpha3 mutations

Elisa Adele Colombo, Luigina Spaccini, Ludovica Volpi, Gloria Negri, Davide Cittaro, Dejan Lazarevic, Salvatore Zirpoli, Andrea Farolfi, Cristina Gervasini, Maria Vittoria Cubellis, Lidia Larizza

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DNA ligase IV syndrome; a review

Thomas Altmann, Andrew R. Gennery

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A homozygous splicing mutation in ELAC2 suggests phenotypic variability including intellectual disability with minimal cardiac involvement

Nadia A. Akawi, Salma Ben-Salem, Jozef Hertecant, Anne John, Thachillath Pramathan, Praseetha Kizhakkedath, Bassam R. Ali, Lihadh Al-Gazali

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Novel homozygous RARS2 mutation in two siblings without pontocerebellar hypoplasia – further expansion of the phenotypic spectrum

S. Lühl, H. Bode, W. Schlötzer, M. Bartsakoulia, R. Horvath, A. Abicht, M. Stenzel, J. Kirschner, S. C. Grünert

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Childhood-onset granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis: systematic review and meta-analysis

Michele Iudici, Pierre Quartier, Benjamin Terrier, Luc Mouthon, Loïc Guillevin, Xavier Puéchal

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The alliance between genetic biobanks and patient organisations: the experience of the telethon network of genetic biobanks

Chiara Baldo, Lorena Casareto, Alessandra Renieri, Giuseppe Merla, Barbara Garavaglia, Stefano Goldwurm, Elena Pegoraro, Maurizio Moggio, Marina Mora, Luisa Politano, Luca Sangiorgi, Raffaella Mazzotti, Valeria Viotti, Ilaria Meloni, Maria Teresa Pellico, Chiara Barzaghi, Chiuhui Mary Wang, Lucia Monaco, Mirella Filocamo

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Off-label use of orphan medicinal products: a Belgian qualitative study

Marc Dooms, David Cassiman, Steven Simoens

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Efficacy and safety of Everolimus in children with TSC - associated epilepsy – Pilot data from an open single-center prospective study

Sharon Samueli, Klaus Abraham, Anastasia Dressler, Gudrun Gröppel, Angelika Mühlebner-Fahrngruber, Theresa Scholl, Gregor Kasprian, Franco Laccone, Martha Feucht

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Multicenter questionnaire survey for sporadic inclusion body myositis in Japan

Naoki Suzuki, Madoka Mori-Yoshimura, Satoshi Yamashita, Satoshi Nakano, Ken-ya Murata, Yukie Inamori, Naoko Matsui, En Kimura, Hirofumi Kusaka, Tomoyoshi Kondo, Itsuro Higuchi, Ryuji Kaji, Maki Tateyama, Rumiko Izumi, Hiroya Ono, Masaaki Kato, Hitoshi Warita, Toshiaki Takahashi, Ichizo Nishino, Masashi Aoki

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Review and evaluation of the methodological quality of the existing guidelines and recommendations for inherited neurometabolic disorders

Linda Cassis, Elisenda Cortès-Saladelafont, Marta Molero-Luis, Delia Yubero, Maria Julieta González, Aida Ormazábal, Carme Fons, Cristina Jou, Cristina Sierra, Esperanza Castejon Ponce, Federico Ramos, Judith Armstrong, M. Mar O’Callaghan, Mercedes Casado, Raquel Montero, Silvia Meavilla-Olivas, Rafael Artuch, Ivo Barić, Franco Bartoloni, Cinzia Maria Bellettato, Fedele Bonifazi, Adriana Ceci, Ljerka Cvitanović-Šojat, Christine I. Dali, Francesca D’Avanzo, Ksenija Fumic, Viviana Giannuzzi, Christina Lampe, Maurizio Scarpa, Ángels Garcia-Cazorla

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Increased Wnt and Notch signaling: a clue to the renal disease in Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia?

Marie Morimoto, Clara Myung, Kimberly Beirnes, Kunho Choi, Yumi Asakura, Arend Bokenkamp, Dominique Bonneau, Milena Brugnara, Joel Charrow, Estelle Colin, Amira Davis, Georges Deschenes, Mattia Gentile, Mario Giordano, Andrew K. Gormley, Rajeshree Govender, Mark Joseph, Kory Keller, Evelyne Lerut, Elena Levtchenko, Laura Massella, Christy Mayfield, Behzad Najafian, David Parham, Jurgen Spranger, Peter Stenzel, Uluc Yis, Zhongxin Yu, Jonathan Zonana, Glenda Hendson, Cornelius F. Boerkoel

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The RUDY study platform – a novel approach to patient driven research in rare musculoskeletal diseases

M. K. Javaid, L. Forestier-Zhang, L. Watts, A. Turner, C. Ponte, H. Teare, D. Gray, N. Gray, R. Popert, J. Hogg, J. Barrett, R. Pinedo-Villanueva, C. Cooper, R. Eastell, N. Bishop, R. Luqmani, P. Wordsworth, J. Kaye

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Insights into rare diseases from social media surveys

William Davies

Open Access Review

Treatment management during the adolescent transition period of girls and young women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKHS): a systematic literature review

Anke Wagner, Sara Yvonne Brucker, Esther Ueding, Dagmar Gröber-Grätz, Elisabeth Simoes, Katharina Rall, Andrea Kronenthaler, Norbert Schäffeler, Monika A. Rieger

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Effect of cessation of GH treatment on cognition during transition phase in Prader-Willi syndrome: results of a 2-year crossover GH trial

R. J. Kuppens, E. F. Mahabier, N. E. Bakker, E. P. C. Siemensma, S. H. Donze, A. C. S. Hokken-Koelega

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An innovative and collaborative partnership between patients with rare disease and industry-supported registries: the Global aHUS Registry

Len Woodward, Sally Johnson, Johan Vande Walle, Joran Beck, Christoph Gasteyger, Christoph Licht, Gema Ariceta

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Current models of care for disorders of sex development – results from an International survey of specialist centres

Andreas Kyriakou, Arianne Dessens, Jillian Bryce, Violeta Iotova, Anders Juul, Maciej Krawczynski, Agneta Nordenskjöld, Marta Rozas, Caroline Sanders, Olaf Hiort, S. Faisal Ahmed

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Symmetrical acrokeratoderma: a case series in Indian patients

Keshavamurthy Vinay, Gitesh U. Sawatkar, Uma N. Saikia, Sunil Dogra

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20-year follow-up study of Danish HHT patients—survival and causes of death

Anette Kjeldsen, Katrine Saldern Aagaard, Pernille Mathiesen Tørring, Sören Möller, Anders Green

Open Access Review

Rett syndrome – biological pathways leading from MECP2 to disorder phenotypes

Friederike Ehrhart, Susan L. M. Coort, Elisa Cirillo, Eric Smeets, Chris T. Evelo, Leopold M. G. Curfs

Open Access Review

Ataxia telangiectasia: a review

Cynthia Rothblum-Oviatt, Jennifer Wright, Maureen A. Lefton-Greif, Sharon A. McGrath-Morrow, Thomas O. Crawford, Howard M. Lederman

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Health-related quality of life and a cost-utility simulation of adults in the UK with osteogenesis imperfecta, X-linked hypophosphatemia and fibrous dysplasia

Lydia Forestier-Zhang, Laura Watts, Alison Turner, Harriet Teare, Jane Kaye, Joe Barrett, Cyrus Cooper, Richard Eastell, Paul Wordsworth, Muhammad K. Javaid, Rafael Pinedo-Villanueva

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Fostering collaborative research for rare genetic disease: the example of niemann-pick type C disease

Steven U. Walkley, Cristin D. Davidson, Jonathan Jacoby, Philip D. Marella, Elizabeth A. Ottinger, Christopher P. Austin, Forbes D. Porter, Charles H. Vite, Daniel S. Ory

Open Access Review

Aspartylglycosaminuria: a review

Maria Arvio, Ilkka Mononen

Open Access Research

Conservatively treated Congenital Hyperinsulinism (CHI) due to K-ATP channel gene mutations: reducing severity over time

Maria Salomon-Estebanez, Sarah E. Flanagan, Sian Ellard, Lindsey Rigby, Louise Bowden, Zainab Mohamed, Jacqueline Nicholson, Mars Skae, Caroline Hall, Ross Craigie, Raja Padidela, Nuala Murphy, Tabitha Randell, Karen E. Cosgrove, Mark J. Dunne, Indraneel Banerjee

Open Access Review

Health technology assessment of drugs for rare diseases: insights, trends, and reasons for negative recommendations from the CADTH common drug review

Ghayath Janoudi, William Amegatse, Brendan McIntosh, Chander Sehgal, Trevor Richter

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Familial vs. sporadic sarcoidosis: BTNL2 polymorphisms, clinical presentations, and outcomes in a French cohort

Yves Pacheco, Alain Calender, Dominique Israël-Biet, Pascal Roy, Serge Lebecque, Vincent Cottin, Diane Bouvry, Hilario Nunes, Pascal Sève, Laurent Pérard, Gilles Devouassoux, Nathalie Freymond, Chahira Khouatra, Benoît Wallaert, Raphaelle Lamy, Mad-Hélénie Elsensohn, Claire Bardel, Dominique Valeyre, A. Gouita, P. Chanez, E. Peyrat-Detis, G. Prevot, S. Diab, F. Prieur, M. Locatelli-Sanchez, M. Gaillot-Drevon, L. Kiakouama, C. Broussolle, L. Varron, A. Charron, J. Kuntz, K. Ledoux, M. C. Le Scanff, Bouaziz, M. Pavic, J. Ninet, J. F. Cordier, M. Vincent, M. Coudurier, F. Gagnadoux, F. Jounieaux, G. Terce, P. Diot, S. Marchand-Adams, H. Morel, S. Jouneau, L. Olivier-Faivre, J. Lacronique, K. Juvin, B. Crestani, M. Aubier, R. Borie, R. Roussel, C. Chapelon Abric, B. Hervier, J. C. Piette, T. Janssens, D. Saadoun, N. Nathan, A. Clément, J. P. Ducroix, C. Guillaumat, E. Watkin, M. Freynet, J. M. Naccache, Y. Uzunhan, N. Limal

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Abnormal pelvic morphology and high cervical length are responsible for high-risk pregnancies in women displaying achondroplasia

Alexandre J. Vivanti, Anne-Gael Cordier, Geneviève Baujat, Alexandra Benachi

Open Access Review

Chronic Infantile Neurological Cutaneous and Articular (CINCA) syndrome: a review

Martina Finetti, Alessia Omenetti, Silvia Federici, Roberta Caorsi, Marco Gattorno

Open Access Research

Experiences of caregivers of children with inherited metabolic diseases: a qualitative study

Shabnaz Siddiq, Brenda J. Wilson, Ian D. Graham, Monica Lamoureux, Sara D. Khangura, Kylie Tingley, Laure Tessier, Pranesh Chakraborty, Doug Coyle, Sarah Dyack, Jane Gillis, Cheryl Greenberg, Robin Z. Hayeems, Shailly Jain-Ghai, Jonathan B. Kronick, Anne-Marie Laberge, Julian Little, John J. Mitchell, Chitra Prasad, Komudi Siriwardena, Rebecca Sparkes, Kathy N. Speechley, Sylvia Stockler, Yannis Trakadis, Sarah Wafa, Jagdeep Walia, Kumanan Wilson, Nataliya Yuskiv, Beth K. Potter

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Cytotoxic edema and diffusion restriction as an early pathoradiologic marker in canavan disease: case report and review of the literature

Steven T. Merrill, Gary R. Nelson, Nicola Longo, Joshua L. Bonkowsky