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Clinical features for diagnosis and management of patients with PRDM12 congenital insensitivity to pain
Background Congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP) is a rare extreme phenotype characterised by an inability to perceive pain present from birth due to lack of, or malfunction of, nociceptors. PRDM12 ...
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Large scale deletions of the 5q13 region are specific to Werdnig-Hoffmann disease.
Unité de Recherches sur les Handicaps Génétiques de l'Enfant, INSERM U-393, IFREM, Institut Necker, Hôpital des Enfants-Malades, Paris, France. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is characterised by ...
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Mutation in TDRD9 causes non-obstructive azoospermia in infertile men
Background Azoospermia is diagnosed when sperm cells are completely absent in the ejaculate even after centrifugation. It is identified in approximately 1% of all men and in 10%–20% of infertile males ...
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Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer: updated consensus guidelines for clinical management and directions for future research
12 Cancer Research UK Familial Gastric Cancer Study, University Department of Oncology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK 13 Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute and Department of ...
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Enhancing variant of uncertain significance (VUS) interpretation in neurogenetics: collaborative experiences from a tertiary care centre
Background The findings of variants of uncertain significance (VUS) on a clinical genetic testing report pose a challenge for attending healthcare professionals (HCPs) in patient care. Here, we ...
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De novo mtDNA point mutations are common and have a low recurrence risk
4 Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 5 Research School for Cardiovascular Diseases in ...
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Targeting lung cancer screening to individuals at greatest risk: the role of genetic factors
Correspondence to Dr Philip A J Crosbie, Manchester Thoracic Oncology Centre, North West Lung Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Wythenshawe M23 9LT, UK; ...
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Genomic analysis of mitochondrial diseases in a consanguineous population reveals novel candidate disease genes
1 Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2 Department of Pediatrics, King Khalid University Hospital, College of Medicine, King Saud ...
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Mutation in cytochrome b gene of mitochondrial DNA in a family with fibromyalgia is associated with NLRP3-inflammasome activation
9 Unidad de Reproducción Humana y Cirugía Endoscópica, Instituto para el Estudio de la Biología de la Reproducción Humana (INEBIR), Sevilla, Spain Correspondence to Dr Mario D Cordero, IBiS Institute ...
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Neurodevelopmental delay, musculoskeletal disorders and dysmorphia associated with a novel pathogenic interstitial deletion of chromosome 10q21.1q21.3 ...
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Apoptosis and cancer: mutations within caspase genes
The inactivation of programmed cell death has profound effects not only on the development but also on the overall integrity of multicellular organisms. Beside developmental abnormalities, it may lead ...