Background Fabry disease results from deficient α-galactosidase A activity and globotriaosylceramide accumulation causing renal insufficiency, strokes, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and early demise. We ...
1 Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth, Western Australia 2 School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of ...
Drug Research and Medical Biotechnology, Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Nikolai-Fuchs-Strasse 1, D-30625 Hanover, Germany Correspondence to: J Borlak Drug Research and ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mammalian experiments provide clear evidence of male line transgenerational effects on health and development from paternal or ancestral early-life exposures such as diet or stress. The few human ...
Two sisters, the children of first cousin Pakistani Moslem parents, have unusual facies, tongue hamartomata, pre- and postaxial polydactyly, severe talipes, and mesomelic limb shortening associated ...
1 The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK 2 Arthritis Research Campaign Epidemiology Research Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK 3 ...
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 ...
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a common multifactorial genetic syndrome, which is determined by several different genes and environmental factors. It now affects 150 million people world wide but its ...
1 Department of Anesthesiology, Molecular Epidemiology of Pain Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 2 Department of Neurobiology, Molecular Epidemiology ...
4 Arrhythmia Unit, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 5 Arrhythmia Unit, Cardiology Section, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ...