Friedreich ataxia, an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease, is the most common of the inherited ataxias. The recent discovery of the gene that is mutated in this condition,FRDA, has led to ...

1 Program in Genetics and Genomic Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, The University of Toronto, 555 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, ...

Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is an autosomal recessive condition characterised by rod-cone dystrophy, postaxial polydactyly, central obesity, mental retardation, hypogonadism, and renal dysfunction.

We report on a father and daughter with a partial 9p duplication, dup(9)(p22p24). Their phenotype, albeit mild, is characteristic of partial trisomy 9p. Fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) was ...

Background Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is considered an autosomal dominant disease with a prevalence of 1 in 20 000. Almost all patients with FSHD carry deletions of integral copies ...

Correspondence to: Professor Kate Bushby Institute of Human Genetics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, International Centre for Life, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ, UK; ...

1 Department of Visual Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK 2 Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK 3 ...

6 Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA 7 Interdisciplinary Pediatric Center for Children ...

1 Center for Human Genetics, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA 2 Biomedical Informatics Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin, ...

1 Merseyside and Cheshire Clinical Genetics Service, Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital, Alder Hey, Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK 2 Merseyside and Cheshire Molecular Genetics Laboratory, ...

Correspondence to Dr Volker M Lauschke, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Section of Pharmacogenetics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SE-171, Sweden; volker.lauschke{at}ki.se Background ...

The trace metal copper is essential for a variety of biological processes, but extremely toxic when present in excessive amounts. Therefore, concentrations of this metal in the body are kept under ...