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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Katharina Wimmer, Medical University of Innsbruck, Division of Human Genetics, Peter-Mayr-Strasse 1, Innsbruck 6020, Austria; katharina.wimmer{at}i-med.ac.at Due to the ...

Background Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome (ARS) is characterised by typical anterior segment anomalies, with or without systemic features. The discovery of causative genes identified ARS subtypes with ...

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA Dr S R Lalani, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, One Baylor Plaza, BCM225, MARB, R713, ...

1 Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands 2 Department of Pathology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands 3 ...

Correspondence to Dr Chen Jin-Lian, Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital (South), Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; wqq_021002{at}163.com or ...

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, ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Rando Allikmets, Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute Research Annex, 635 West 165th Street, Box # 28, New York, NY 10032, USA; rla22 ...

2 Institute of Biochemistry, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany 3 Institute of Human Genetics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany Background Despite abundant evidence ...

We report a three generation family with similar facial characteristics to those of the Royal Habsburgs, including mandibular prognathism, thickened lower lip, prominent, often misshapen nose, flat ...

1 Center for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan 2 Department of Urology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan 3 Department of Preventive ...