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, ...

The use of genome wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays for high resolution molecular cytogenetic analysis using a combination of quantitative and genotype analysis is well established.

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 ...

Angelman syndrome ( AS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by severe learning difficulties, ataxia, a seizure disorder with a characteristic EEG, subtle dysmorphic facial features, and a ...

1 Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Guy’s, Kings and St. Thomas’ School of Medicine, London, UK 2 Centre for Neuroscience Research, Guy’s, Kings and St. Thomas’ School of Biomedical Sciences, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

*Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Wales, Redwood Building, King Edward VII Avenue, PO Box 905, Cardiff CF1 3XF, UK †Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales, ...

Abteilung Medizinische Genetik, Altonaer Kinderkrankenhaus, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany. We present a male infant with hypertelorism, median pseudo-cleft of the upper lip and cleft palate, ...

Familial hyperaldosteronism type II (FH-II) is caused by adrenocortical hyperplasia or aldosteronoma or both and is frequently transmitted in an autosomal dominant fashion. Unlike FH type I (FH-I), ...

Digenic inheritance (DI) is the simplest form of inheritance for genetically complex diseases. By contrast with the thousands of reports that mutations in single genes cause human diseases, there are ...