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Environmental chemical exposures and breast cancer [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
As a hormone-sensitive condition with no single identifiable cause, breast cancer is a major health problem. It is characterized by a wide range of contributing factors and exposures occurring in different combinations and strengths across a lifetime ...
Plant, J, Stanley, E, Voulvoulis, N
core   +2 more sources

Diagnostic Yield and Genotype–Phenotype Correlations of Clinical Exome Sequencing in Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis: Experience From Eastern Spain

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Neurology, Volume 33, Issue 1, January 2026.
Clinical exome sequencing (CES) was performed on 108 Spanish patients with suspected hereditary spastic paraparesis (HSP), using a virtual 129‐gene panel and HPO‐based variant filtering. A molecular diagnosis was achieved in 53% of cases, with 21 causative genes identified (8 novel variants), SPAST (AD) and SPG7 (AR) being the most frequent genetic ...
Lidón Carretero‐Vilarroig   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Idiopathic Central Precocious Puberty Associated with 11 Mb De Novo Distal Deletion of the Chromosome 9 Short Arm

open access: yesCase Reports in Genetics, 2013
We report a girl with a de novo distal deletion of 9p affected by idiopathic central precocious puberty and intellectual disability. Genome-wide array-CGH revealed a terminal deletion of about 11 Mb, allowing to define her karyotype as 46; XX, del(9)(p23-
Mariangela Cisternino   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic Regulation of Puberty Timing in Humans. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Understanding the regulation of puberty timing has relevance to developmental and human biology and to the pathogenesis of various diseases. Recent large-scale genome-wide association studies on puberty timing and adult height, body mass index (BMI) and ...
Day, Felix R, Ong, Ken K, Perry, John RB
core   +2 more sources

A New Program for Determining Abnormal Growth Curves in School Health Checkups

open access: yesJournal of School Health, Volume 96, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Background In Japan, school health examinations frequently utilize growth curves. This study aimed to develop and validate a custom‐designed program that enables the rapid and accurate detection of growth abnormalities in children and adolescents. Methods We created a novel screening tool named the Growth Assessment Program for Schools (GAPS),
Keisuke Wada   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Homeostasis as the Mechanism of Evolution. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Homeostasis is conventionally thought of merely as a synchronic (same time) servo-mechanism that maintains the status quo for organismal physiology. However, when seen from the perspective of developmental physiology, homeostasis is a robust, dynamic ...
Torday, John S
core   +2 more sources

Exploring the Role of Kisspeptin in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Its Associated Pregnancy Complications

open access: yesObesity Reviews, Volume 27, Issue 1, Page 1-21, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder with a complex pathogenesis that includes disordered follicle development, hypothalamic–pituitary–ovarian (HPO) axis dysfunction, hyperandrogenemia, and insulin resistance. The risk of complications during pregnancy, such as gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and preeclampsia (PE)
Shaohua Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gut flora influences the hypothalamic-gonadal axis to regulate the pathogenesis of obesity-associated precocious puberty

open access: yesScientific Reports
The prevalence of obesity-associated precocious puberty is gradually increasing, but the relationship between gut flora and obesity-associated precocious puberty remains unclear.We analysed the gut flora characteristics of a clinical sample of 30 girls ...
Ying Qian   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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