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Survey of Italian pediatricians on awareness, experiences and beliefs regarding direct-to-consumer genetic testing in minors [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Our study wanted to assess Italian pediatricians’ awareness, experience and beliefs regarding directto- consumer (DTC) genetic tests (GT) in minors, with a focus on those for predisposition to complex disease, lyfestyle, athletic ability and ...
Baroncini A, Cocchi G, Corsello G, Torricelli F   +3 more
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Acute Hepatic Porphyrias: Review and Recent Progress. [PDF]

, 2019
The acute hepatic porphyrias (AHPs) are a group of four inherited diseases of heme biosynthesis that present with episodic, acute neurovisceral symptoms.
Andant, Anderson, Andersson, Badawy, Balwani, Bissell, Bissell, Bloomer, Bonkovsky, Bonkovsky, Bonkovsky, Bonkovsky, Bonkowsky, Bonkowsky, Bonkowsky, Bylesjo, Chen, D’Avola, Ferrer, Glueck, Handschin, Jeans, Lambrecht, Lane, Marsden, McGuire, Pallet, Sardh, Sardh, Shen, Singal, Stein, Stewart, Tchernitchko, Wahlin, Watson, Watson, Willandt, Wu, Yarra, Yasuda   +40 more
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The Challenge of Diagnosis and Indication for Treatment in Fabry Disease

Journal of Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Screening, 2017
Fabry disease, caused by deficient alpha-galactosidase A lysosomal enzyme activity, remains challenging to health-care professionals. Laboratory diagnosis in males is carried out by determination of alpha-galactosidase A activity; for females, enzymatic ...
Marco A. Curiati MD, Carolina S. Aranda MD, MSc, Sandra O. Kyosen MD, MSc, Patricia Varela MSc, Vanessa G. Pereira PhD, Vania D’Almeida PhD, João B. Pesquero PhD, Ana M. Martins MD, PhD   +7 more
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Clinical biological and genetic heterogeneity of the inborn errors of pulmonary surfactant metabolism [PDF]

, 2001
Pulmonary surfactant is a multimolecular complex located at the air-water interface within the alveolus to which a range of physical (surface-active properties) and immune functions has been assigned. This complex consists of a surface-active lipid layer
Clements JA, Crouch E, deMello DE, Dirksen U, Doyle IR, Fisher JH, Floros J, Glasser SW, Green D, Hawgood S, Ikegami M, Ikegami M, Ikegami M, Kitamura T, Kresch MJ, Madan T, Mahut B, Mason RJ, Myrianthopoulos NC, Nogee LM, Pilot-Matias TJ, Power JHT, Prakash UBS, Reed JA, Robertson B, Rosen SH, Stoll BJ, Tredano M, Vorbroker DK, Wang J-Y   +29 more
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Evaluation of earlier versus later dietary management in long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase or mitochondrial trifunctional protein deficiency::a systematic review [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Mitochondrial trifunctional protein (MTP) and long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (LCHAD) deficiencies are rare fatty acid β-oxidation disorders. Without dietary management the conditions are life-threatening. We conducted a systematic
Clarke, Aileen, Connock, Martin, Fraser, Hannah, Geppert, Julia, Johnson, Rebecca, Johnson, Samantha, Stinton, Christopher, Taylor-Phillips, Sian   +7 more
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Report on advances for pediatricians in 2018: allergy, cardiology, critical care, endocrinology, hereditary metabolic diseases, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, neonatology, nutrition, respiratory tract disorders and surgery. [PDF]

, 2019
This review reported notable advances in pediatrics that have been published in 2018. We have highlighted progresses in allergy, cardiology, critical care, endocrinology, hereditary metabolic diseases, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, neonatology ...
Bernasconi S, Borrelli M, Caffarelli C, Corsello G., Di Pinto R, Gaeta V, Iovane B, Mastrorilli C, Petraroli M, Santamaria F, Santoro A   +10 more
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Cystathionine beta synthase deficiency and brain edema associated with methionine excess under betaine supplementation: Four new cases and a review of the evidence. [PDF]

, 2020
CBS deficient individuals undergoing betaine supplementation without sufficient dietary methionine restriction can develop severe hypermethioninemia and brain edema. Brain edema has also been observed in individuals with severe hypermethioninemia without
Barea, Jaime J, Barshop, Bruce A, Benoist, Jean-Francois, Blom, Henk J, Das, Anibh M, Feigenbaum, Annette, Fletcher, Janice, Scheffner, Thomas, Schwahn, Bernd C, Stepman, Hedwig, Verloo, Peter   +10 more
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Cardiac manifestations of PRKAG2 mutation. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND:The Protein Kinase AMP-Activated Non-Catalytic Subunit Gamma 2 (PRKAG2) cardiac syndrome is characterized by glycogen accumulation in the cardiac tissue.
Ardehali, Reza, Banankhah, Pooya, Dota, Anthony, Fishbein, Gregory A   +3 more
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Hereditary myopathy with early respiratory failure in China: one case report and literatures review

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2023
Objective To retrospectively analyze the clinical sign and symptom, pathological and genetic characteristics of a case of hereditary myopathy with early respiratory failure (HMERF).
LI Ying, QI Xue‑liang, ZHANG Wei, FENG Li‑qun, LIU Guang‑zhi, YUAN Yun   +5 more
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α-mannosidosis diagnosis in Brazilian patients with MPS-like symptoms

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Background α-mannosidosis is an inborn error of metabolism caused by the deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme α-mannosidase, which is encoded by the MAN2B1 gene and inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.
Maryana Marins, Marco Antonio Curiati, Caio Perez Gomes, Renan Paulo Martin, Priscila Nicolicht-Amorim, Joyce Umbelino da Silva Yamamoto, Vânia D’Almeida, Ana Maria Martins, João Bosco Pesquero   +8 more
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