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Open AccessStatus epilepticus in POLG disease: a large multinational study
We aimed to provide a detailed phenotypic description of status epilepticus (SE) in a large cohort of patients with POLG disease and identify prognostic biomarkers to improve the management of this life-threat...
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Open AccessIntegration of whole genome sequencing into a healthcare setting: high diagnostic rates across multiple clinical entities in 3219 rare disease patients
We report the findings from 4437 individuals (3219 patients and 1218 relatives) who have been analyzed by whole genome sequencing (WGS) at the Genomic Medicine Center Karolinska-Rare Diseases (GMCK-RD) since m...
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Open AccessMyoglobinopathy is an adult-onset autosomal dominant myopathy with characteristic sarcoplasmic inclusions
Myoglobin, encoded by MB, is a small cytoplasmic globular hemoprotein highly expressed in cardiac myocytes and oxidative skeletal myofibers. Myoglobin binds O2, facilitates its intracellular transport and serves ...
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Open AccessOverweight and obesity impair left ventricular systolic function as measured by left ventricular ejection fraction and global longitudinal strain
Obesity is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus, left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and heart failure but it is unclear to which extent it is related to left ventricular systolic dysfunction. The aim o...
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POLG-Associated Ataxia Presenting as a Fragile X Tremor/Ataxia Phenocopy Syndrome
Hyperintensities in the middle cerebellar peduncles (MCP), known as the MCP sign, and progressive late-onset ataxia constitute major characteristics of the fragile X tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS). Here, we de...
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Open AccessRapid pulsed whole genome sequencing for comprehensive acute diagnostics of inborn errors of metabolism
Massively parallel DNA sequencing (MPS) has the potential to revolutionize diagnostics, in particular for monogenic disorders. Inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) constitute a large group of monogenic disorders ...
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β-Ureidopropionase deficiency: phenotype, genotype and protein structural consequences in 16 patients