Background Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an inherited disorder of vascular malformations. It is caused by inherited loss-of-function mutations in one of three genes, ENG, ACVRL1 or ...

Cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD) (MIM 119600) is an autosomal dominant skeletal dysplasia characterised by abnormal clavicles, patent sutures and fontanelles, supernumerary teeth, short stature, and a ...

Background Congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP) is a rare extreme phenotype characterised by an inability to perceive pain present from birth due to lack of, or malfunction of, nociceptors. PRDM12 ...

Correspondence to Professor Tiong Yang Tan, Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia; tiong.tan{at}vcgs.org.au Background Clinical ...

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 52242-1080, USA. The association of choroid plexus cysts with fetal aneuploidy, ...

Background Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome (ARS) is characterised by typical anterior segment anomalies, with or without systemic features. The discovery of causative genes identified ARS subtypes with ...

Autosomal dominant sacral agenesis is characterised by a partial agenesis of the sacrum typically involving sacral vertebrae S2-S5 only. Associated features include anorectal malformation, a presacral ...

Background Ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) arises from endometriosis and represents a difficult-to-treat gynaecological malignancy, in part, because its spatial intratumour heterogeneity and ...

Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of California Riverside, California, USA Dr D Ethell, Biomedical Sciences, University of California, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521-0121, USA; doug ...

aDepartment of Pedodontics and Orthodontics, Institute of Dentistry, Helsinki University Central Hospital, PO Box 41, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, bInstitute of Biotechnology, ...