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Mutations in autism susceptibility candidate 2 (AUTS2) in patients with mental retardation
We report on three unrelated mentally disabled patients, each carrying a de novo balanced translocation that truncates the autism susceptibility candidate 2 (AUTS2) gene at 7q11.2. One of our patients shows relat...
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Evidence for a new contiguous gene syndrome, the chromosome 16p13.3 deletion syndrome alias severe Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome
Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome (RSTS) is a well-known autosomal dominant mental retardation syndrome with typical facial and skeletal abnormalities. Previously, we have reported two patients presenting with RSTS an...
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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VI with cystic malformations of the meninges in a 7-year-old girl
A 7-year-old girl with thoracolumbar kyphoscoliosis was admitted for further diagnostic evaluation after a spinal MRI scan had shown several intraspinal extramedullary lesions. The clinical features including ...
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Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1a in a macrosomic 16-month-old boy with an atypical phenotype and homozygosity of the N216I mutation
We report on a 16-month-old boy with congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1a (CDG-1a; OMIM 212065) showing an atypical phenotype. Whereas failure to thrive is known to be a prominent feature in this condi...
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Cerebral manifestations, hemihypertrophy and lymphoedema of one leg in a child with epidermal nevus syndrome (Schimmelpenning-Feuerstein-Mims)
The report focuses on a rare variant form of epidermal nevus syndrome (ENS) (Schimmelpenning-Feuerstein-Mims syndrome) describing lesions involving the skin, eyes, skeleton, heart and brain in an 11-year-old b...
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An Unexpectedly High Frequency of Hypergalactosemia in an Immigrant Bosnian Population Revealed by Newborn Screening
In galactokinase (GALK) deficiency, galactose cannot be phosphorylated into galactose-1-phosphate, which leads to cataract formation. Neonatal screening for hypergalactosemia in Berlin has been performed by th...