Background: Chromosomal imbalances are a major cause of developmental defects as well as cancer and often constitute the key in identification of novel disease related genes. Classical cytogenetic ...
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 ...
1 Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Metabolic Diseases, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University of Utrecht, ...
4 Department of Pulmonology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel 5 Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, ...
BACKGROUND Primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH), resulting from occlusion of small pulmonary arteries, is a devastating condition. Mutations of the bone morphogenetic protein receptor type II gene ...
Background Fabry disease is a progressive, X-linked lysosomal disorder caused by reduced or absent α-galactosidase A activity due to GLA variants. Females with Fabry disease often experience ...
Background: Fabry disease is a rare X-linked lysosomal storage disorder characterised by severe multisystemic involvement that leads to major organ failure and premature death in affected men and ...
Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada Correspondence to: Dr D W Cox, 8-39 Medical Sciences Building, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, ...