NF2 -related schwannomatosis ( NF2 -SWN) (NF2; MIM # 101000) is a neurogenetic condition caused by germline pathogenic variants in the NF2 gene. Affected individuals are predisposed to develop ...
Background Current clinical approaches to inherited prostate cancer (PCa) risk rely on binary classification of pathogenic variant (PV) carrier status without accounting for gene-specific ...
Correspondence to Dr Koji M Nishiguchi, Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, 466-8560, Japan; kmn{at}med.nagoya-u.ac.jp; Professor Koh-Hei Sonoda, ...
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 Two recombinant enzymes (agalsidase alfa 0.2 mg/kg/every other week and agalsidase beta 1.0 mg/kg/every other week) have been registered for the treatment of Fabry disease (FD), at equal ...
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 ...
Correspondence to Dr Ben J H M Poorthuis, Laboratory of Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Academic Medical Center, Room F0-220, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands; ...
1 Cardiovascular Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA 2 Section on Human Genetics, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National ...
Correspondence to Professor Sahar Mansour, SW Thames Regional Genetics Service, St George's Hospital, London SW17 0RE, UK; smansour{at}sgul.ac.uk Primary lymphatic anomalies may present in a myriad of ...
Dr D Craig, Division of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen’s University Belfast, Whitla Medical Building, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland; ...
Background Mainstreaming, in which genetic testing is shifted outside clinical genetics, can improve access to genetic testing. This is being explored in several countries, including Canada, the USA ...
Background Next-generation sequencing of cancer predisposition genes is routinely used in hereditary cancer diagnostics.