Background There are many single-gene causes of steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) and the list continues to grow rapidly. Prompt comprehensive diagnostic testing is key to realising the ...

Background: Joubert syndrome (JS) is a recessively inherited disorder characterised by hypotonia at birth and developmental delay, followed by truncal ataxia and cognitive impairment, characteristic ...

Background The multifactorial Breast and Ovarian Analysis of Disease Incidence and Carrier Estimation Algorithm (BOADICEA) breast cancer risk prediction model has been recently extended to consider ...

Angela L Jacobson, Amal AbuRayyan, Suleyman Gulsuner, Haley Slater, Yagiz Anasiz, Sirajummuneer M Ahmad, Ming K Lee, Jessica Mandell, Emily J Rettner, Eric Q Konnick, Colin Pritchard, Mary-Claire King ...

Cowden syndrome (CS, MIM 158350) is an autosomal dominant disorder with age related penetrance characterised by multiple hamartomas and a high risk of breast, thyroid, and perhaps other cancers. These ...

Schwartz-Jampel syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder. Joint contractures, generalised myotonia, skeletal anomalies, and facial dysmorphism are common features; malignant hyperthermia is a ...

An association between Gaucher disease and Parkinson disease has been demonstrated by the concurrence of Gaucher disease and parkinsonism in rare patients and the identification of glucocerebrosidase ...

Background: Patients with cystic fibrosis with the same mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator ( CFTR ) gene differ widely in survival suggesting other factors have a ...

Background Myoclonic epilepsy with ragged-red fibres (MERRF) and mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) are established phenotypes of mitochondrial ...

Immunotherapy has emerged as one of the standard treatment modalities against cancer along with surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and targeted therapy. Cancer immunotherapy harnesses the immune ...

The interaction of symptomatology (rigidity/chorea) in Huntington's disease (HD) with age of onset (AO) was examined using data from the Research Roster for Huntington's Disease Patients and Families.

Background The genomic contribution to adverse health sequelae in babies born very preterm (<32 weeks’ gestation) is unknown. We conducted an investigation of rare CNVs in infants born very preterm as ...