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Open AccessTuberculosis masquerading as polymyalgia rheumatica
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Open AccessWhole Exome Screening Identifies Novel and Recurrent WISP3 Mutations Causing Progressive Pseudorheumatoid Dysplasia in Jammu and Kashmir-India
We report identification and genetic characterization of a rare skeletal disorder that remained unidentified for decades in a village of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The population residing in this region is high...
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Open AccessA variation in PANK2 gene is causing Pantothenate kinase-associated Neurodegeneration in a family from Jammu and Kashmir – India
Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration is a rare hereditary neurodegenerative disorder associated with nucleotide variation(s) in mitochondrial human Pantothenate kinase 2 (hPanK2) protein encoding PANK...
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Open AccessCost-effective Whole Exome Sequencing discovers pathogenic variant causing Neurofibromatosis type 1 in a family from Jammu and Kashmir, India
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a multisystemic hereditary disorder associated with an increased risk of benign and malignant tumor formation predominantly on the skin, bone, and peripheral nervous system. I...
