Background Fabry disease results from deficient α-galactosidase A activity and globotriaosylceramide accumulation causing renal insufficiency, strokes, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and early demise. We ...

Clinical Cancer Genetics and Human Cancer Genetics Programs, Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Division of Human Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, 420 W 12th Avenue ...

Uptake, utility and resource requirements of a genetic counselling telephone helpline within the BRCA-DIRECT digital pathway for mainstreamed BRCA testing in patients with breast cancer ...

Correspondence to Professor Tiong Yang Tan, Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia; tiong.tan{at}vcgs.org.au Background Clinical ...

Angelman syndrome ( AS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by severe learning difficulties, ataxia, a seizure disorder with a characteristic EEG, subtle dysmorphic facial features, and a ...

*Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Wales, Redwood Building, King Edward VII Avenue, PO Box 905, Cardiff CF1 3XF, UK †Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales, ...

We studied a large data set from three registries of congenital malformations (central-east France, Sweden, and California), a total of 954 cases, known chromosome anomalies excluded. The prevalence ...

The Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is characterised by severe intrauterine growth retardation, with a preserved head circumference, leading to a lean body habitus and short stature. Facial dysmorphism ...

Correspondence to Professor Rebecca C Fitzgerald, MRC Cancer Unit, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 OXZ, UK; rcf29{at}MRC-CU.cam.ac.uk Increasing ...

Correspondence to: Professor Moore Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, 11–43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK; tony.moore{at}ucl.ac.uk The inherited macular dystrophies comprise a ...

1 Department of Medical Genetics, Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2 Department of Clinical Genetics, Centre for Human ...