Background The availability of large volumes of data from genetic testing has enabled the interpretation of more DNA variants, contributing to a greater number of identified variants of uncertain ...
Correspondence to Mr Thomas P Potjer, Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; T.P.Potjer{at}lumc.nl Background Pathogenic variants in the CDKN2A ...
Background MECOM encodes a developmental and haematopoietic transcription factor associated with a rare early-onset syndrome including bone marrow failure, skeletal and other congenital anomalies.
An exciting new partnership will strengthen the exchange of knowledge and innovation in genetic and genomic medicine; As of 1 January 2025, the Journal of Medical Genetics (JMG) has become the ...
Background Schaaf-Yang syndrome (SYS) is caused by truncating mutations in MAGEL2, mapping to the Prader-Willi region (15q11-q13), with an observed phenotype partially overlapping that of Prader-Willi ...
Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ, UK Professor P F Chinnery, Mitochondrial Research Group, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, ...
Background Distinguishing genetic variants that cause disease from variants that are rare but benign is one of the principal challenges in contemporary clinical genetics, particularly as variants are ...
Hirschsprung disease (HSCR, aganglionic megacolon) is the main genetic cause of functional intestinal obstruction with an incidence of 1/5000 live births. This developmental disorder is a ...
Background We present genomic and phenotypic findings of a transgenerational family consisting of three male offspring, each with a maternally inherited distal 220 kb deletion at locus 16p11.2 ...
1 Centre for Community Child Health, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 2 Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia ...
Correspondence to Dr Tracy L Stockley, Department of Clinical Laboratory Genetics, Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada; tracy.stockley{at}uhn.ca The ...
Division of Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Dr B-L Wu, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, Massachusetts ...