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Deletion of PREPl causes growth impairment and hypotonia in mice.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
Genetic studies of rare diseases can identify genes of unknown function that strongly impact human physiology. Prolyl endopeptidase-like (PREPL) is an uncharacterized member of the prolyl peptidase family that was discovered because of its deletion in ...
Anna Mari Lone   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Classical Ehlers–Danlos syndrome with severe kyphoscoliosis due to a novel pathogenic variant of COL5A2

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2022
We described a novel de novo missense variant of the gene encoding Collagen alpha‐2(V) chain, associated with the classical Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (cEDS) (OMIM#130010), in a 14‐year‐old patient who presented with congenital and severe scoliosis, muscle ...
Malika Foy   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Indirect Estimates of Jaw Muscle Tension in Children With Suspected Hypertonia, Children With Suspected Hypotonia, and Matched Controls [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2013
PurposeIn this study, the authors compared indirect estimates of jaw-muscle tension in children with suspected muscle-tone abnormalities with age- and gender-matched controls.MethodJaw movement and muscle activation were measured in children (ages 3 years, 11 months, to 10 years) with suspected muscle-tone abnormalities (Down syndrome or spastic ...
Kathryn P, Connaghan   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Mobility deficit – Rehabilitate, an opportunity for functionality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
There are many pathological conditions that cause mobility deficits and that ultimately influence someone’s autonomy.Aims: to evaluate patients with mobility deficits functional status; to implement a Rehabilitation Nursing intervention plan; to monitor ...
A Mudge   +24 more
core   +2 more sources

Dopa-responsive dystonia and hyperprolactinaemia : a novel association in two sisters [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Dopa-Responsive Dystonia (DRD) is a rare hereditary condition of childhood-onset dystonia which responds dramatically to treatment with levodopa. It was first described in 1971 as a "hereditary progressive basal ganglia disease with marked diurnal ...
Cachia, Mario J., Galea, Janabel
core  

Neonatal cardiomyopathy and lactic acidosis responsive to thiamine [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
A congestive cardiomyopathy was diagnosed in a girl at the age of 4 weeks. In the weeks following she developed general muscle hypotonia and plasma lactate increased to 8.5 mmol/L.
Abeling, N.G.G.M. (Nicolaas)   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

The 9th International RASopathies Symposium

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The RASopathies are a group of congenital disorders with overlapping clinical manifestations that are caused by pathogenic germline or early somatic variants that result in the hyperactivation of the RAS/mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway.
Pau Castel   +41 more
wiley   +1 more source

Síndrome de Prader-Willi, bajo el enfoque de la rehabilitación. Reporte de caso

open access: yesRevista Médica Hondureña
Introduction: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a complex genetic disorder of neurodevelopment, its incidence is estimated around 1:25,000 live births.
Tatiana Martínez Lozano   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

De novo CTBP1 variant is associated with decreased mitochondrial respiratory chain activities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Objective: To determine the genetic etiology of a young woman presenting an early-onset, progressive neurodegenerative disorder with evidence of decreased mitochondrial complex I and IV activities in skeletal muscle suggestive of a mitochondrial disorder.
Alston, Charlotte L.   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

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