As of 1 January 2025, the Journal of Medical Genetics (JMG) has become the official journal of the British Society for Genetic Medicine (BSGM), an exciting new partnership will strengthen the exchange ...
OBJECTIVES To determine the natural history of Anderson-Fabry disease (AFD) as a baseline for efficacy assessment of potentially therapeutic drugs. DESIGN The first large cross sectional study of a ...
Correspondence to Professor Dr HFA Vasen, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Rijnsburgerweg 10, Leiden 2333 AA, The Netherlands; hfavasen{at}stoet.nl BTs ...
1 Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA 2 Department of Psychiatry and Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School ...
Objective: The prevalence and types of various cardiovascular diseases in different age groups as well as the outcomes of cardiac surgery and other interventions were assessed in a population of 75 ...
Background Achondroplasia is the most common form of disproportionate short stature and is associated with reduced life expectancy. It is not clear to what extent cardiovascular disease (CVD) is ...
Background Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a multisystem disorder with autosomal dominant inheritance, caused by the abnormal expansion of the CTG triplet in the DMPK gene. Biomarker discovery in ...
Background Heterozygous PURA (Purine-rich element-binding protein A) variants cause PURA syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by hypotonia, seizures and intellectual disability.
2 Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3 Prenatal Diagnosis and Medical Genetics Program, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ...
Background Pathogenic variants in the protection of telomerase 1 (POT1) gene are associated with predisposition to a broad spectrum of malignancies, although the specific genotype–phenotype ...
Background Germline genetic testing affords multiple opportunities for women with breast cancer, however, current UK NHS models for delivery of germline genetic testing are clinician-intensive and ...
Background Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy 1 (FSHD1) is one of the most common autosomal dominant neuromuscular diseases. Genetic diagnosis of FSHD1 remains a challenge because of the long ...