Developmental epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) comprises neurodevelopmental disorders with early-onset seizures and developmental impairment. Despite >900 implicated genes, many patients remain ...
Presymptomatic testing (PT) for Huntington’s disease (HD) has been available for over 40 years. Individuals who opt for PT are typically at a 50% risk, though in rare cases, ‘25% at-risk individuals’ ...
Background Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) has been considered a prototypical mitochondriopathy and a textbook example for maternal inheritance linked to certain disease-causing variants in ...
Background and objectives Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a heterogeneous disease with a diverse genetic spectrum among populations. Few patients with CF of Chinese origin have been reported worldwide. The ...
Complex I deficiency is the most frequent mitochondrial disorder presenting in childhood, accounting for up to 30% of cases. As with many mitochondrial disorders, complex I deficiency is characterised ...
Background Fabry disease results from deficient α-galactosidase A activity and globotriaosylceramide accumulation causing renal insufficiency, strokes, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and early demise. We ...
Background: Aplasia of the müllerian ducts leads to absence of the uterine corpus, uterine cervix, and upper (superior) vagina. Patients with müllerian aplasia (MA) often exhibit additional clinical ...
Correspondence to Luke C Pilling, Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK; L.Pilling{at}exeter.ac.uk; Luigi Ferrucci, Translational Gerontology Branch ...
1 Paediatric Neurology Unit, Sheba Medical Centre, Ramat-Gan, Israel 2 Neuroradiology Unit, Sheba Medical Centre, Ramat-Gan, Israel 3 Metabolic-Neurogenetic Clinic, Paediatric Neurology Unit, Wolfson ...
Mulibrey nanism is a rare disorder caused by biallelic tripartite motif containing protein 37 ( TRIM37 ) variants and characterised by prenatal onset growth failure, dysmorphic features, restrictive ...
Correspondence to Professor Anna Tylki-Szymańska at Department of Pediatrics, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Al. Dzieci Polskich 20, Warsaw 04-730, Poland; ...
Department of Psychological Medicine, The Henry Wellcome Building for Biomedical Research in Wales, Wales School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK Correspondence to: ...