3 Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Health Center Research Institute, Montreal, Canada Correspondence to Dr Nada Jabado, Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute, 4060 Ste Catherine ...

Background Up to 7% of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) or Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) remain genetically undiagnosed after routine genetic testing. These patients are thought to ...

Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon, USA M Silberbach, MD, Department of Pediatrics, CDRC-P, Oregon Health and Science ...

The majority of deletions of the short arm of chromosome 5 are associated with cri du chat syndrome (CdCS) and patients show phenotypic and cytogenetic variability. To perform a genotype-phenotype ...

Correspondence to Dr Nina Ajmone Marsan, Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; N.Ajmone{at}lumc.nl Methods Patients with MVP were referred for genetic ...

4 The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus Correspondence to Dr Peristera Paschou, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; ...

We report the molecular characterisation of two families with Angelman syndrome referred for prenatal diagnosis, in which atypical molecular findings resulted in counselling dilemmas. The first is a ...

Introduction TMEM16A is a calcium-activated chloride channel expressed in various secretory epithelia. Two siblings presented in early infancy with reduced intestinal peristalsis and recurrent ...

1 Laboratory of Human Molecular Genetics, Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology and Universite catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 74+4, Brussels, Belgium 2 Centre for Human Genetics, ...

We report the dysmorphological, genetic, and speech therapy aspects of 38 cases of velocardiofacial syndrome presenting to a craniofacial clinic and a specialised children's hospital, to indicate a ...

Correspondence to M Alriyami, Department of Experimental Medicine, Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, 1001 boul Decarie, Site Glen Pavilion E/ Block E, Mail Drop Point #EM0.3211 ...

Background: Microdeletions at 17q21.31 have recently been shown to cause a novel syndrome. Here we identify the reciprocal 17q21.31 duplication syndrome in 4 patients. Method: Patients with the ...