Background Molecular genetic diagnoses are critical to prevention and treatment of inherited polyposis and colorectal cancer.

Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a high-risk hereditary cancer predisposition syndrome affecting 1 in 5000 individuals. Current ...

Background Mitochondrial diseases are a group of rare, chronic disorders with a significant disease burden; however, there is limited knowledge about their effects on the health-related quality of ...

1 Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China Background Nanophthalmos is a rare ocular condition characterised by a significantly short axial ...

DiGeorge syndrome (DGS) comprises thymic hypoplasia, hypocalcaemia, outflow tract defects of the heart, and dysmorphic facies. It results in almost all cases from a deletion within chromosome 22q11.

1 Merseyside and Cheshire Clinical Genetics Service, Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital, Alder Hey, Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK 2 Merseyside and Cheshire Molecular Genetics Laboratory, ...

Purpose Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a common adult muscular dystrophy. Over 95% of FSHD cases are associated with contraction of the D4Z4 tandem repeat (~3.3 kb per unit) at 4q35 ...

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 ...

Reproductive carrier screening for genetic disorders: position statement of the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists ...

1 Program in Developmental Biology, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada 2 Western Sydney Genetics Program, the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, and Discipline of Paediatrics ...

Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA Correspondence to: Dr V P Sybert, Box 356524, Division of Dermatology, University of Washington School of Medicine ...

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 ...