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Reversible infantile respiratory chain deficiency is a unique, genetically heterogenous mitochondrial disease

1 Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford, The Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK 2 Department of Clinical Neuroscience, King's College Hospital, ...
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MERRF/MELAS overlap syndrome: a double pathogenic mutation in mitochondrial tRNA genes

1 Department of Neurology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan 2 Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan Correspondence to ...
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Is growth hormone treatment beneficial or harmful in Costello syndrome?

1 Regional Genetic Service and University Department of Medical Genetics, Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester, UK 2 Department of Endocrinology, ...
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Classification and genetic features of neonatal haemochromatosis: a study of 27 affected pedigrees and molecular analysis of genes implicated in iron metabolism

Neonatal haemochromatosis (NH) is a severe and newly recognised syndrome of uncertain aetiology, characterised by congenital cirrhosis or fulminant hepatitis and widespread tissue iron deposition. NH ...
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ACTB deletions or single-nucleotide loss-of-function variants: expansion and further delineation of the phenotype and review of the literature

Background Pathogenic gain-of-function or dominant-negative effect missense variations in ACTB are associated with a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by intellectual disability (ID), seizures ...
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Multicentre audit reviewing reporting and management of patients with incidentally identified structural aberrations involving high actionability cancer susceptibility genes

A structural aberration (SA) with secondary implications (SASIs) involving a cancer susceptibility gene is identified on chromosome microarray in approximately 0.6% tests performed on index cases.
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Recontact and follow-up for individuals with germline pathogenic variants in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility genes: a UK Cancer Genetics Group consensus meeting

Background Routine genetic testing for germline pathogenic variants (GPVs) in cancer susceptibility genes (CSGs) in individuals with suspected hereditary cancer risk, and subsequent cascade testing in ...
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UKCGG Consensus Group guidelines for the management of patients with constitutional TP53 pathogenic variants

2 North West Thames Regional Genetics Service, Kennedy-Galton Centre, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the ...
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Partial trisomy 10q with mild phenotype caused by an unbalanced X;10 translocation

Correspondence to: Dr A Sharp, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP2 8BJ, UK; asharp{at}hgmp.mrc.ac.uk We report on a 4 year old girl with a de ...
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Laugier-Hunziker syndrome: an important differential diagnosis for Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

1 Institute of Human Genetics, International Centre for Life, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3BZ, UK 2 Department of Dermatology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle ...
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CHARGE syndrome: the phenotypic spectrum of mutations in the CHD7 gene

1 Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands 2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the ...
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Phenotype of genetically confirmed Silver-Russell syndrome beyond childhood

8 Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Background Silver-Russell syndrome is an imprinting disorder that restricts growth, resulting in short adult stature that ...