Background Monogenic disorders are a major cause of fetal structural anomalies. Most genetic diagnoses involve de novo, biallelic or X linked variants; however, inherited variants in autosomal ...
Correspondence to Dr Marta Futema; mfutema{at}sgul.ac.uk Conclusions The prevalence and gene distribution of FH-causing variants in 100KGP are consistent with UK estimates. Differences in variant ...
Background Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a fatal sporadic autosomal dominant premature ageing disease caused by single base mutations that optimise a cryptic splice site within exon ...
Department of Pathology, State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA ...
Hirschsprung disease (HSCR, aganglionic megacolon) is the main genetic cause of functional intestinal obstruction with an incidence of 1/5000 live births. This developmental disorder is a ...
Background Diagnosis of a child with a genetic condition leads to parents asking whether there is a risk the condition could occur again with future pregnancies. If the cause is identified as an ...
Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ, UK Professor P F Chinnery, Mitochondrial Research Group, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, ...
BACKGROUND Anticonvulsants taken in pregnancy are associated with an increased risk of malformations and developmental delay in the children. To evaluate the pattern of abnormalities associated with ...
Department of Neurology, School of Neurosciences and Psychiatry, The Medical School, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK Correspondence to: Dr P F Chinnery, Department of Neurology, School of ...
a Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK, b Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, ...
Inherited variants in autosomal dominant disease genes are a significant cause of fetal structural anomalies ...
a Vitreoretinal Service, Department of Ophthalmology, Box 41, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK, b Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge, Box 134, Addenbrooke ...