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No genes for the “broken hearted”

Screening of a large cohort of patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as 'broken heart disease', shows no significant association with polymorphisms previously suggested to contribute to the disease.

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Featured article: Neurotrophins and emotions after mild traumatic brain injury

The rs6265 variant of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene shows a strong correlation with the emotional response following mild traumatic brain injury.

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Content type: Research article
| 17 October 2018

Novel mutations of PKD genes in Chinese patients suffering from autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and seeking assisted reproduction

Authors: Wen-Bin He, Wen-Juan Xiao, Yue-Qiu Tan, Xiao-Meng Zhao, Wen Li, Qian-Jun Zhang, Chang-Gao Zhong, Xiu-Rong Li, Liang Hu, Guang-Xiu Lu, Ge Lin and Juan Du
Content type: Case report
| 17 October 2018

Response to olaparib in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with germline BRCA2 mutation: a case report

Authors: Yi Ma, Lijie He, Qianwen Huang, Shuang Zheng, Zhiqiang Zhang, Hongshi Li and Shuang Liu
Content type: Research article
| 11 October 2018

Mis-splicing of the GALNS gene resulting from deep intronic mutations as a cause of Morquio a disease

Authors: Anna Caciotti, Rodolfo Tonin, Matthew Mort, David N. Cooper, Serena Gasperini, Miriam Rigoldi, Rossella Parini, Federica Deodato, Roberta Taurisano, Michelina Sibilio, Giancarlo Parenti, Renzo Guerrini and Amelia Morrone
Content type: Case report
| 11 October 2018

De novo mutations in SCN1A are associated with classic Rett syndrome: a case report

Authors: Mari Wold Henriksen, Kirstine Ravn, Benedicte Paus, Stephen von Tetzchner and Ola H Skjeldal
Content type: Research article
| 5 October 2018

Association between acromegaly and a single nucleotide polymorphism (rs2854744) in the IGFBP3 gene

Authors: Ming Gao, Bin Zhu, Zhe Xu, Shujun Liu, Jiajia Liu, Guojun Zhang, Yang Gao, Yubo Fan and Xixiong Kang

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| 14 December 2009

Reduced transcription of TCOF1 in adult cells of Treacher Collins syndrome patients

Authors: Cibele Masotti, Camila C Ornelas, Alessandra Splendore-Gordonos, Ricardo Moura, Têmis M Félix, Nivaldo Alonso, Anamaria A Camargo and Maria Rita Passos-Bueno
Content type: Case report
| 1 May 2013

Deletion Xq27.3q28 in female patient with global developmental delays and skewed X-inactivation

Authors: Lauren S Marshall, Julie Simon, Tim Wood, Mei Peng, Renius Owen, Gary S Feldman and Michael V Zaragoza
Content type: Research article
| 1 May 2015

Leptin and adiponectin DNA methylation levels in adipose tissues and blood cells are associated with BMI, waist girth and LDL-cholesterol levels in severely obese men and women

Authors: Andrée-Anne Houde, Cécilia Légaré, Simon Biron, Odette Lescelleur, Laurent Biertho, Simon Marceau, André Tchernof, Marie-Claude Vohl, Marie-France Hivert and Luigi Bouchard
Content type: Research article
| 19 February 2013

Allele-specific polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease-related single nucleotide polymorphisms

Authors: Mohd Nazif Darawi, Chin Ai-Vyrn, Kalavathy Ramasamy, Philip Poi Jun Hua, Tan Maw Pin, Shahrul Bahyah Kamaruzzaman and Abu Bakar Abdul Majeed
Content type: Correspondence
| 11 May 2010

Practice guidelines for the molecular analysis of Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes

Authors: Simon C Ramsden, Jill Clayton-Smith, Rachael Birch and Karin Buiting

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Novel mutations of PKD genes in Chinese patients suffering from autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and seeking assisted reproduction

Response to olaparib in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with germline BRCA2 mutation: a case report

Mis-splicing of the GALNS gene resulting from deep intronic mutations as a cause of Morquio a disease

De novo mutations in SCN1A are associated with classic Rett syndrome: a case report

Association between acromegaly and a single nucleotide polymorphism (rs2854744) in the IGFBP3 gene

Reduced transcription of TCOF1 in adult cells of Treacher Collins syndrome patients

Deletion Xq27.3q28 in female patient with global developmental delays and skewed X-inactivation

Leptin and adiponectin DNA methylation levels in adipose tissues and blood cells are associated with BMI, waist girth and LDL-cholesterol levels in severely obese men and women

Allele-specific polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease-related single nucleotide polymorphisms

Practice guidelines for the molecular analysis of Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes

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Data Support Services pilot

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Improving the conversation between doctors and patients about antibiotic benefits and harms for coughs and colds

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Media multitasking may be linked to altered perception of other people

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