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  1. Content type: Case report

    Testis-expressed gene 11 (TEX11) is an X-linked gene and essential for meiotic recombination and chromosomal synapsis. TEX11 deficiency causes meiotic arrest and male infertility, and many TEX11 mutations have be...

    Authors: Yanwei Sha, Liangkai Zheng, Zhiyong Ji, Libin Mei, Lu Ding, Shaobin Lin, Xu Wang, Xiaoyu Yang and Ping Li

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:63

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  2. Content type: Research article

    Research suggests there may be a genetic influence on the likelihood of becoming tanning dependent (TD). The way in which mothers regulate their children’s sun exposure may be affected by being TD. We investig...

    Authors: Jasmine Khouja, Sarah J. Lewis and Carolina Bonilla

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:62

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  3. Content type: Case report

    Wilson’s disease (WD) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by copper accumulation. ATP7B gene mutations lead to ATP7B protein dysfunction, which in turn causes Wilson’s disease.

    Authors: Gang Liu, Dingyuan Ma, Jian Cheng, Jingjing Zhang, Chunyu Luo, Yun Sun, Ping Hu, Yuguo Wang, Tao Jiang and Zhengfeng Xu

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:61

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  4. Content type: Case report

    X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome type 1 (XLP1) is an X-linked recessive genetic disorder with a strong resemblance to hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). Causative mutations for XLP1 have been ident...

    Authors: Xiaodong Lyu, Zhen Guo, Yangwei Li, Ruihua Fan and Yongping Song

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:60

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  5. Content type: Research article

    Considered as one of the major causes of low back pain, Intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) is caused by several genetic and environmental factors. As inflammation plays an important role in disc degenerat...

    Authors: Sara Hanaei, Sina Abdollahzade, Maryam Sadr, Mohammad Hossein Mirbolouk, Alireza Khoshnevisan and Nima Rezaei

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:59

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  6. Content type: Case report

    Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), an ester hydrolase produced mainly by the liver, hydrolyzes certain short-acting neuromuscular blocking agents, like succinylcholine and mivacurium that are widely used during ane...

    Authors: Rentao Yu, Yanzhi Guo, Yunjie Dan, Wenting Tan, Qing Mao and Guohong Deng

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:58

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  7. Content type: Research article

    Since the advent of next generation sequencing (NGS), several studies have tried to evaluate the relevance of targeted gene panel sequencing and whole exome sequencing for molecular diagnosis of mitochondrial ...

    Authors: Morgane Plutino, Annabelle Chaussenot, Cécile Rouzier, Samira Ait-El-Mkadem, Konstantina Fragaki, Véronique Paquis-Flucklinger and Sylvie Bannwarth

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:57

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  8. Content type: Research article

    Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is an inherited cardiac disorder predisposing to sudden cardiac death (SCD). We studied factors affecting the clinical course of genetically confirmed patients, in particular those not ...

    Authors: Mikael Koponen, Aki S. Havulinna, Annukka Marjamaa, Annukka M. Tuiskula, Veikko Salomaa, Päivi J. Laitinen-Forsblom, Kirsi Piippo, Lauri Toivonen, Kimmo Kontula, Matti Viitasalo and Heikki Swan

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:56

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  9. Content type: Research article

    The identification of variants in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunit genes associated with smoking phenotypes are increasingly important for prevention and treatment of nicotine dependence. I...

    Authors: Paulo Roberto Xavier Tomaz, Juliana Rocha Santos, Jaqueline Scholz, Tânia Ogawa Abe, Patrícia Viviane Gaya, André Brooking Negrão, José Eduardo Krieger, Alexandre Costa Pereira and Paulo Caleb Júnior Lima Santos

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:55

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  10. Content type: Case report

    Glycogen Storage Disease Type III (GSD III) is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder caused by AGL gene mutation. There is significant heterogeneity between the clinical manifestations and the gene mutati...

    Authors: Yu Zhang, Mingming Xu, Xiaoxia Chen, Aijuan Yan, Guoyong Zhang, Zhenguo Liu and Wenjuan Qiu

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:54

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  11. Content type: Technical advance

    Williams syndrome ([WS], 7q11.23 hemideletion) and 7q11.23 duplication syndrome (Dup7) show contrasting syndromic symptoms. However, within each group there is considerable interindividual variability in the d...

    Authors: Michael D. Gregory, Bhaskar Kolachana, Yin Yao, Tiffany Nash, Dwight Dickinson, Daniel P. Eisenberg, Carolyn B. Mervis and Karen F. Berman

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:53

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  12. Content type: Case report

    Sanfilippo type B syndrome (mucopolysac-charidosis type IIIB; MPS IIIB) is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder. It is caused by a critically reduced α-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucoside acetamidodeo...

    Authors: Jinliang Li, Han Xie and Yuwu Jiang

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:51

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  13. Content type: Research article

    Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is involved in hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The association between polymorphism rs1053005 and ha...

    Authors: Man Li, Fang Li, Na Li, Jiao Sang, Xiude Fan, Huan Deng, Xiaoge Zhang, Qunying Han, Yi Lv and Zhengwen Liu

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:52

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  14. Content type: Research article

    Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are inflammatory associated autoimmune disorders. MicroRNA (miR)-146a plays a crucial role in regulating inflammation. A single nucleotide polymorphism in the miR-146a g...

    Authors: Ajesh B. Maharaj, Pragalathan Naidoo, Terisha Ghazi, Naeem S. Abdul, Shanel Dhani, Taskeen F. Docrat, Prithiksha Ramkaran, Paul-Peter Tak, Niek de Vries and Anil A. Chuturgoon

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:48

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  15. Content type: Case report

    Bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (BMAH) is a rare cause of Cushing’s syndrome (CS). BMAH is predominantly believed to be caused by two mutations, a germline and somatic one, respectively, as describe...

    Authors: Qiuli Liu, Dali Tong, Jing Xu, Xingxia Yang, Yuting Yi, Dianzheng Zhang, Luofu Wang, Jun Zhang, Yao Zhang, Yaoming Li, Lianpeng Chang, Rongrong Chen, Yanfang Guan, Xin Yi and Jun Jiang

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:49

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  16. Content type: Research article

    The contribution of moderate coagulation factor XII (FXII) deficiency to development of thromboembolism is still undetermined. We have tried to show the relevance of FXII deficiency to incidences of venous thr...

    Authors: Xi Wu, Qiulan Ding, Xuefeng Wang, Jing Dai and Wenman Wu

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:50

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  17. Content type: Research article

    Chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) is recommended as the first-tier clinical diagnostic test for individuals with developmental disabilities. In addition to detecting copy number variations, CMA platforms w...

    Authors: Aparna Prasad, Matthew A. Sdano, Rena J. Vanzo, Patricia A. Mowery-Rushton, Moises A. Serrano, Charles H. Hensel and E. Robert Wassman

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:46

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  18. Content type: Case report

    The NAA10-NAA15 (NatA) protein complex is an N-terminal acetyltransferase responsible for acetylating ~ 40% of eukaryotic proteins. In recent years, NAA10 variants have been found in patients with an X-linked dev...

    Authors: Nina McTiernan, Svein Isungset Støve, Ingvild Aukrust, Marita Torrisen Mårli, Line M. Myklebust, Gunnar Houge and Thomas Arnesen

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:47

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  20. Content type: Research article

    Preeclampsia and gestational hypertensive disorders are thought to occur due to endothelial cell dysfunction and abnormal placentation, triggered by angiogenesis-related factors yet undetermined. The aim of th...

    Authors: Evangelia Elenis, Alkistis Skalkidou, Agneta Skoog-Svanberg, Gunilla Sydsjö, Anneli Stavreus-Evers and Helena Åkerud

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:44

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  21. Content type: Research article

    There are disparities for the association between uncoupling proteins (UCP) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM). The study was to examine the associations of genetic variants of UCP2 and UCP3 with prediabetes and T2DM ...

    Authors: Meifang Su, Xiaoying Chen, Yue Chen, Congyun Wang, Songtao Li, Xuhua Ying, Tian Xiao, Na Wang, Qingwu Jiang and Chaowei Fu

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:43

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  22. Content type: Research article

    In this study we investigated the association between SNPs in the S100B gene and Parkinson’s disease (PD) in two independent Swedish cohorts. The SNP rs9722 has previously been shown to be associated with high...

    Authors: Camilla Fardell, Anna Zettergren, Caroline Ran, Andrea Carmine Belin, Agneta Ekman, Olof Sydow, Lars Bäckman, Björn Holmberg, Nil Dizdar, Peter Söderkvist and Hans Nissbrandt

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:42

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  23. Content type: Case report

    Ectodermal dysplasias (ED) are a group of diseases that affects the development or function of the teeth, hair, nails and exocrine and sebaceous glands. One type of ED, ankyloblepharon-ectodermal defects-cleft...

    Authors: Maxime Cadieux-Dion, Nicole P. Safina, Kendra Engleman, Carol Saunders, Elena Repnikova, Nikita Raje, Kristi Canty, Emily Farrow, Neil Miller, Lee Zellmer and Isabelle Thiffault

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:41

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  24. Content type: Research article

    Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is an inherited telomeropathy characterized by mucocutaneous dysplasia, bone marrow failure, cancer predisposition, and other somatic abnormalities. Cells from patients with DC exhi...

    Authors: Yingqi Shao, Sizhou Feng, Jinbo Huang, Jiali Huo, Yahong You and Yizhou Zheng

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:40

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  25. Content type: Research article

    Large scale association studies have found a significant association between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) polymorphism rs7903146. However, the quality of data vari...

    Authors: Weiyue Ding, Li Xu, Lejun Zhang, Zhijie Han, Qinghua Jiang, Zhe Wang and Shuilin Jin

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:38

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  26. Content type: Research article

    Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM), also known as “broken heart syndrome”, is a type of heart failure characterized by transient ventricular dysfunction in the absence of obstructive coronary lesions. Although ass...

    Authors: Emma Mattsson, Peter Saliba-Gustafsson, Ewa Ehrenborg and Per Tornvall

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:39

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  27. Content type: Case report

    Glucocorticoid resistance is a rare, sporadic or familial condition caused by mutation of the gene encoding the glucocorticoid receptor (GR). Clinically it is characterized by symptoms developed due to local, ...

    Authors: Ágnes Molnár, Attila Patócs, István Likó, Gábor Nyírő, Károly Rácz, Miklós Tóth and Beatrix Sármán

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:37

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  28. Content type: Case report

    Adrenal hypoplasia is a rare congenital disorder, which can be classified into a non-syndromic form, without extra-adrenal features, and a syndromic form, with such features. Despite biochemical and molecular ...

    Authors: Yoon-Myung Kim, Go Hun Seo, Gu-Hwan Kim, Jung Min Ko, Jin-Ho Choi and Han-Wook Yoo

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:35

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  29. Content type: Research article

    Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RSTS) is a rare autosomal dominant neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by broad thumbs and halluces. RSTS is caused by mutations in CREBBP and in EP300 genes in 50–60% and 8%, res...

    Authors: María López, Alberto García-Oguiza, Judith Armstrong, Inmaculada García-Cobaleda, Sixto García-Miñaur, Fernando Santos-Simarro, Verónica Seidel and Elena Domínguez-Garrido

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:36

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  30. Content type: Research article

    Congenital hydrocephalus (CH) results from the accumulation of excessive amounts of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain, often leading to severe neurological impairments. However, the adverse effects of CH ...

    Authors: Nesreen K. Al-Jezawi, Aisha M. Al-Shamsi, Jehan Suleiman, Salma Ben-Salem, Anne John, Ranjit Vijayan, Bassam R. Ali and Lihadh Al-Gazali

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:34

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  31. Content type: Research article

    Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) is a rare disease whose phenotypic features are rather difficult to identify in some cases. Thus, although these patients may present with the Albright’s hereditary osteodystroph...

    Authors: Arrate Pereda, Intza Garin and Guiomar Perez de Nanclares

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:32

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  32. Content type: Research article

    Despite the important role of the nerve growth factor in the survival and maintenance of neurons in ischemic stroke, data regarding the relationships between variations in the encoding gene and stroke are lack...

    Authors: Ani Stepanyan, Roksana Zakharyan, Arsen Simonyan, Gohar Tsakanova and Arsen Arakelyan

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:33

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  33. Content type: Research article

    MYO15A variants, except those in the N-terminal domain, have been shown to be associated with congenital or pre-lingual severe-to-profound hearing loss (DFNB3), which ultimately requires cochlear implantation in ...

    Authors: Mun Young Chang, Chung Lee, Jin Hee Han, Min Young Kim, Hye-Rim Park, Nayoung Kim, Woong-Yang Park, Doo Yi Oh and Byung Yoon Choi

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:29

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  35. Content type: Case report

    Kabuki syndrome (KS) is a rare pediatric congenital disorder with multiple congenital anomalies and intellectual disabilities, which is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. Mutations in KMT2D and KDM6A have...

    Authors: Chengqi Xin, Chun Wang, Yachen Wang, Jingyuan Zhao, Liang Wang, Runjie Li and Jing Liu

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:31

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  36. Content type: Research article

    Obesity is a well-recognized risk factor for insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes (T2D), although the precise mechanisms underlying the relationship remain unknown. In this study we identified alterations of...

    Authors: Francisco Barajas-Olmos, Federico Centeno-Cruz, Carlos Zerrweck, Iván Imaz-Rosshandler, Angélica Martínez-Hernández, Emilio J. Cordova, Claudia Rangel-Escareño, Faustino Gálvez, Armando Castillo, Hernán Maydón, Francisco Campos, Diana Gabriela Maldonado-Pintado and Lorena Orozco

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:28

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  37. Content type: Research article

    The genetic mechanisms for families who meet the clinical criteria for Lynch syndrome (LS) but do not carry pathogenic variants in the mismatch repair (MMR) genes are still undetermined. We aimed to study the ...

    Authors: Mev Dominguez-Valentin, Sigve Nakken, Hélène Tubeuf, Daniel Vodak, Per Olaf Ekstrøm, Anke M. Nissen, Monika Morak, Elke Holinski-Feder, Alexandra Martins, Pål Møller and Eivind Hovig

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:26

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  38. Content type: Case report

    L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria (L2HGA) is a progressive neurometabolic disease of brain caused by mutations of in L-2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase (L2HGDH) gene. Cardinal clinical features include cerebellar atax...

    Authors: Muhammad Ikram Ullah, Abdul Nasir, Arsalan Ahmad, Gaurav Vijay Harlalka, Wasim Ahmad, Muhammad Jawad Hassan, Emma L. Baple, Andrew H. Crosby and Barry A. Chioza

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:25

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  39. Content type: Research article

    Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is an autoimmune disease triggered by acute rheumatic fever (ARF). Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play an important role in the modulation of immune responses. The purpose of this ...

    Authors: Wei Hu, Yujia Ye, Yirui Yin, Peng Sang, Linhua Li, Jing Wang, Wen Wan, Rui Li, Xiangfeng Bai, Yuehui Xie and Zhaohui Meng

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:27

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  40. Content type: Research article

    Imputation involves the inference of untyped single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genome-wide association studies. The haplotypic reference of choice for imputation in Southeast Asian populations is uncle...

    Authors: Worachart Lert-itthiporn, Bhoom Suktitipat, Harald Grove, Anavaj Sakuntabhai, Prida Malasit, Nattaya Tangthawornchaikul, Fumihiko Matsuda and Prapat Suriyaphol

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:23

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  41. Content type: Research article

    Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is an early-onset, autosomal dominant form of non-insulin dependent diabetes. Genetic diagnosis of MODY can transform patient management. Earlier data on the genetic...

    Authors: Viswanathan Mohan, Venkatesan Radha, Thong T. Nguyen, Eric W. Stawiski, Kanika Bajaj Pahuja, Leonard D. Goldstein, Jennifer Tom, Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Monica Kong-Beltran, Tushar Bhangale, Suresh Jahnavi, Radhakrishnan Chandni, Vijay Gayathri, Paul George, Na Zhang, Sakthivel Murugan…

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:22

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  42. Content type: Research article

    Some Hirschsprung’s disease (HSCR) patients showed persistent bowel symptoms following an appropriately performed pull-through procedure. The mechanism is presumed to be down-regulated small-conductance calcium-a...

    Authors: Gunadi, Mukhamad Sunardi, Nova Yuli Prasetyo Budi, Alvin Santoso Kalim, Kristy Iskandar and Andi Dwihantoro

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:24

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  43. Content type: Case report

    Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are one of the most frequent childhood-onset neurodegenerative pathologies characterized by seizures, progressive cognitive decline, motor impairment and loss of vision. F...

    Authors: Zhijie Gao, Hua Xie, Qian Jiang, Nan Wu, Xiaoli Chen and Qian Chen

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:21

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  44. Content type: Case report

    Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) is an orphan neoplasm commonly characterized by pulmonary metastases consisting of smooth muscle cells. Patients with BML have usually a current or previous uterine leiomyo...

    Authors: Deniss Sõritsa, Hindrek Teder, Retlav Roosipuu, Hannes Tamm, Triin Laisk-Podar, Pille Soplepmann, Alan Altraja, Andres Salumets and Maire Peters

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:20

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  45. Content type: Case report

    Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common inherited kidney disorder characterized by progressive cyst formation and expansion in the kidneys, which culminates in end-stage renal d...

    Authors: Wenwen Zhang, Qian Han, Zhao Liu, Wei Zhou, Qing Cao and Weimin Zhou

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:19

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  46. Content type: Case report

    Van Den Ende-Gupta Syndrome (VDEGS) is an extremely rare autosomal recessive syndrome with less than 20 reported families (approximately 40 patients) in the worldwide literature.

    Authors: Mohammad M. Al-Qattan, Doaa F. Andejani, Nadia A. Sakati, Khushnooda Ramzan and Faiqa Imtiaz

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:18

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  47. Content type: Research article

    Gitelman syndrome (GS) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by genic mutations of SLC12A3 (Solute carrier family 12 member 3), which encodes the Na-Cl cotransporter (NCC), and presents with characteristic me...

    Authors: Yixin Chen, Ziyi Zhang, Xihua Lin, Qianqian Pan, Fenping Zheng and Hong Li

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:17

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  49. Content type: Research article

    Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is a powerful tool for preventing the transmission of Mendelian disorders from generation to generation. However, PGD only can identify monogenically inherited diseases,...

    Authors: Wen-Bin He, Yue-Qiu Tan, Xiao Hu, Wen Li, Bo Xiong, Ke-Li Luo, Fei Gong, Guang-Xiu Lu, Ge Lin and Juan Du

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:15

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  50. Content type: Research article

    Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome is an autosomal dominant hereditary condition caused by mutations in the folliculin-encoding gene FLCN (NM_144997). It is associated with skin lesions such as fibrofolliculoma, acrochordon...

    Authors: Xiaocan Hou, Yuan Zhou, Yun Peng, Rong Qiu, Kun Xia, Beisha Tang, Wei Zhuang and Hong Jiang

    Citation: BMC Medical Genetics 2018 19:14

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