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CHARGE syndrome: the phenotypic spectrum of mutations in the CHD7 gene

1 Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands 2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the ...
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The spectrum of Silver-Russell syndrome: a clinical and molecular genetic study and new diagnostic criteria

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 ...
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Rapid Paediatric Sequencing (RaPS): comprehensive real-life workflow for rapid diagnosis of critically ill children

Correspondence to Dr Hywel J Williams, GOSgene, Genetics and Genomic Medicine, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK; hywel.williams{at}ucl.ac.uk Background Rare ...
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Cleidocranial dysplasia: clinical and molecular genetics

Cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD) (MIM 119600) is an autosomal dominant skeletal dysplasia characterised by abnormal clavicles, patent sutures and fontanelles, supernumerary teeth, short stature, and a ...
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Mutation of HERC2 causes developmental delay with Angelman-like features

Background Deregulation of the activity of the ubiquitin ligase E6AP (UBE3A) is well recognised to contribute to the development of Angelman syndrome (AS). The ubiquitin ligase HERC2, encoded by the ...
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Rett syndrome: clinical review and genetic update

1 Program in Developmental Biology, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada 2 Western Sydney Genetics Program, the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, and Discipline of Paediatrics ...
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Genetic Severity Score predicts clinical phenotype in NF2

Correspondence to Dr Dorothy Halliday, Oxford Centre for Genomic Medicine, Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital, Windmill Rd, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK; dorothy.halliday{at ...
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Clinical significance of copy number variations in the 11p15.5 imprinting control regions: new cases and review of the literature

Among the clusters of imprinted genes in humans, one of the most relevant regions involved in human growth is localised in 11p15. Opposite epigenetic and genomic disturbances in this chromosomal ...
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Comprehensive genetic landscapes and clinical heterogeneity in nanophthalmos: new insights from a large Chinese cohort

1 Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China Background Nanophthalmos is a rare ocular condition characterised by a significantly short axial ...
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Phenotypic spectrum and genomics of undiagnosed arthrogryposis multiplex congenita

56 CNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST); Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain 57 Unité de Neurophysiologie Clinique, Centre ...
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Single-molecule optical mapping enables quantitative measurement of D4Z4 repeats in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD)

Purpose Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a common adult muscular dystrophy. Over 95% of FSHD cases are associated with contraction of the D4Z4 tandem repeat (~3.3 kb per unit) at 4q35 ...