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  1. Content type: Research

    Minocycline is an old tetracycline antibiotic that has shown antiinflammatory and antiapoptotic properties in different neurological disease mouse models. Previous single arm study in humans demonstrated benef...

    Authors: Belén Ruiz-Antoran, Aranzazu Sancho-López, Rosario Cazorla-Calleja, Luis Fernando López-Pájaro, Ágata Leiva, Gema Iglesias-Escalera, Maria Esperanza Marín-Serrano, Marta Rincón-Ortega, Julián Lara-Herguedas, Teresa Rossignoli-Palomeque, Sara Valiente-Rodríguez, Javier González-Marques, Enriqueta Román-Riechmann and Cristina Avendaño-Solá

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:144

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    The telomere biology disorders (TBDs) include a range of multisystem diseases characterized by mucocutaneous symptoms and bone marrow failure. In dyskeratosis congenita (DKC), the clinical features of TBDs ste...

    Authors: Luca Trotta, Anna Norberg, Mervi Taskinen, Vivien Béziat, Sofie Degerman, Ulla Wartiovaara-Kautto, Hannamari Välimaa, Kirsi Jahnukainen, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Mikko Seppänen, Janna Saarela, Minna Koskenvuo and Timi Martelius

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:139

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  3. Content type: Research

    We present a group of patients affected by a paediatric onset genetic encephalopathy with cerebral calcification of unknown aetiology studied with Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) genetic analyses.

    Authors: Davide Tonduti, Celeste Panteghini, Anna Pichiecchio, Alice Decio, Miryam Carecchio, Chiara Reale, Isabella Moroni, Nardo Nardocci, Jaume Campistol, Angela Garcia-Cazorla, Belen Perez Duenas, Luisa Chiapparini, Barbara Garavaglia and Simona Orcesi

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:135

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  4. Content type: Review

    The use of specialized centers has been the main alternative for an appropriate diagnosis, management and follow up of patients affected by inborn errors of metabolism (IEM). These centers facilitate the train...

    Authors: Olga Y. Echeverri, Johana M. Guevara, Ángela J. Espejo-Mojica, Andrea Ardila, Ninna Pulido, Magda Reyes, Alexander Rodriguez-Lopez, Carlos J. Alméciga-Díaz and Luis A. Barrera

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:141

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  5. Content type: Research

    Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) is a lysosomal storage disease with a heterogeneous neurodegenerative clinical course. Multiple therapies are in clinical trials and inclusion criteria are currently mainly ba...

    Authors: Mario Cortina-Borja, Danielle te Vruchte, Eugen Mengel, Yasmin Amraoui, Jackie Imrie, Simon A. Jones, Christine i Dali, Paul Fineran, Thomas Kirkegaard, Heiko Runz, Robin Lachmann, Tatiana Bremova-Ertl, Michael Strupp and Frances M. Platt

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:143

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  6. Content type: Research

    Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a rare, heterogeneous disease caused by low tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase activity and associated with a range of signs and symptoms, including bone mineralization defects, ...

    Authors: Anjali B. Daniel, Vrinda Saraff, Nick J. Shaw, Robert Yates, M. Zulf Mughal and Raja Padidela

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:142

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  7. Content type: Review

    Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C) is a rare, autosomal recessive, neurodegenerative disease associated with a wide variety of progressive neurological manifestations. Miglustat is indicated for the treatment ...

    Authors: Mercè Pineda, Mark Walterfang and Marc C. Patterson

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:140

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  8. Content type: Research

    SLIT2 is a protein ligand for the Roundabout (ROBO) receptor and was found to play a major role in repulsive midline axon guidance in central nervous system development. Based on studies utilizing knockout mod...

    Authors: Katherine Y. Liu, Jesse D. Sengillo, Gabriel Velez, Ruben Jauregui, Lynn Y. Sakai, Irene H. Maumenee, Alexander G. Bassuk, Vinit B. Mahajan and Stephen H. Tsang

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:138

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  9. Content type: Research

    Fabry Disease (FD) is an X-linked hereditary lysosomal storage disorder which leads to a multisystemic intralysosomal accumulation of globotriaosylceramid (Gb3). Besides prominent renal and cardiac organ invol...

    Authors: Maria Köping, Wafaa Shehata-Dieler, Dieter Schneider, Mario Cebulla, Daniel Oder, Jonas Müntze, Peter Nordbeck, Christoph Wanner, Rudolf Hagen and Sebastian P. Schraven

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:137

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  10. Content type: Position statement

    Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a multisystemic vascular dysplasia that leads to nosebleeds, anaemia due to blood loss, and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) in organs such as the lungs, liver...

    Authors: Claire L. Shovlin, Elisabetta Buscarini, Anette D. Kjeldsen, Hans Jurgen Mager, Carlo Sabba, Freya Droege, Urban Geisthoff, Sara Ugolini and Sophie Dupuis-Girod

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:136

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  11. Content type: Research

    Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is a commonly diagnosed hereditary muscular disorder, characterized by the progressive weakness of the limb-girdle muscles. Although the condition has been well-characteri...

    Authors: Liang Wang, Victor Wei Zhang, Shaoyuan Li, Huan Li, Yiming Sun, Jing Li, Yuling Zhu, Ruojie He, Jinfu Lin and Cheng Zhang

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:133

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  12. Content type: Research

    Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare lung disease and the mammalian target of the rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors has been used as an effective therapy. Here we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis ...

    Authors: Nannan Gao, Tengyue Zhang, Jiadong Ji, Kai-Feng Xu and Xinlun Tian

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:134

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  13. Content type: Research

    Krabbe disease is a rare neurodegenerative disorder caused by a deficiency in the lysosomal enzyme galactocerebrosidase. Patients with Krabbe disease present with a variable disease course depending on their a...

    Authors: Nicholas Bascou, Anthony DeRenzo, Michele D. Poe and Maria L. Escolar

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:126

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  14. Content type: Review

    Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is one of the most common inherited syndromes. The literature on craniofacial alterations associated with NF1 has been limited and partially contradictory. This review is based o...

    Authors: Vivian Visnapuu, Sirkku Peltonen, Lotta Alivuotila, Risto-Pekka Happonen and Juha Peltonen

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:131

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  15. Content type: Research

    Conventionally, PFAPA syndrome is considered as a benign disease compared to other recurrent fevers because it completely passes before adulthood. However, in our clinical practice, fever episodes have a huge ...

    Authors: Claire Grimwood, Isabelle Kone-Paut, Maryam Piram, Linda Rossi-Semerano and Véronique Hentgen

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:132

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  16. Content type: Research

    Infantile Sandhoff disease (ISD) is a GM2 gangliosidosis that is classified as a lysosomal storage disorder. The most common symptoms of affected individuals at presentation are neurologic involvement. Here we...

    Authors: Ali Reza Tavasoli, Nima Parvaneh, Mahmoud Reza Ashrafi, Zahra Rezaei, Johannes Zschocke and Parastoo Rostami

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:130

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  17. Content type: Research

    Fabry disease (OMIM #301500) is an X-linked disorder caused by alpha-galactosidase A deficiency with two major clinical phenotypes: classic and non-classic of different prognosis. From 2001, enzyme replacement...

    Authors: Wladimir Mauhin, Olivier Lidove, Damien Amelin, Foudil Lamari, Catherine Caillaud, Federico Mingozzi, Gaëlle Dzangué-Tchoupou, Louiza Arouche-Delaperche, Claire Douillard, Bertrand Dussol, Vanessa Leguy-Seguin, Pauline D’Halluin, Esther Noel, Thierry Zenone, Marie Matignon, François Maillot…

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:127

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  18. Content type: Review

    Complex neurodevelopmental disorders need multi-disciplinary treatment approaches for optimal care. The clinical effectiveness of treatments is limited in patients with rare genetic syndromes with multisystem ...

    Authors: Jatinder Singh and Paramala Santosh

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:128

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  19. Content type: Letter to the Editor

    Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare syndrome of alveolar surfactant accumulation, resulting hypoxemic respiratory failure, and increased infection risk. Despite advances in our understanding of dise...

    Authors: Cormac McCarthy, Ruzan Avetisyan, Brenna C. Carey, Claudia Chalk and Bruce C. Trapnell

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:129

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  20. Content type: Research

    Cellular cobalamin defects are a locus and allelic heterogeneous disorder. The gold standard for coming to genetic diagnoses of cobalamin defects has for some time been gene-by-gene Sanger sequencing of indivi...

    Authors: Sandra Brasil, Fátima Leal, Ana Vega, Rosa Navarrete, María Jesús Ecay, Lourdes R. Desviat, Casandra Riera, Natàlia Padilla, Xavier de la Cruz, Mari Luz Couce, Elena Martin-Hernández, Ana Morais, Consuelo Pedrón, Luis Peña-Quintana, Miriam Rigoldi, Norma Specola…

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:125

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  21. Content type: Review

    Acid ceramidase (ACDase) deficiency is a spectrum of disorders that includes a rare lysosomal storage disorder called Farber disease (FD) and a rare epileptic disorder called spinal muscular atrophy with progr...

    Authors: Fabian P. S. Yu, Samuel Amintas, Thierry Levade and Jeffrey A. Medin

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:121

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  22. Content type: Research

    Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) is a rare, genetic disease which causes persistent hypoglycaemia, typically in new-borns. Patients with the diffuse disease variant often require near-total surgical removal of...

    Authors: Sana Eljamel, Annabel Griffiths, Jenni Evans, Indraneel Banerjee, Khalid Hussain and Richard Thompson

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:123

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  23. Content type: Research

    Rapid-onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, and autonomic dysregulation (ROHHAD) is a very rare and potentially fatal pediatric disorder, the cause of which is presently unknown. ROHHAD...

    Authors: Sarah F. Barclay, Casey M. Rand, Lisa Nguyen, Richard J. A. Wilson, Rachel Wevrick, William T. Gibson, N. Torben Bech-Hansen and Debra E. Weese-Mayer

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:124

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  24. Content type: Research

    Mitochondrial trifunctional protein (MTP) and long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (LCHAD) deficiency are long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorders with particularly high morbidity and mortality. Outcome...

    Authors: Amelie S. Lotz-Havla, Wulf Röschinger, Katharina Schiergens, Katharina Singer, Daniela Karall, Vassiliki Konstantopoulou, Saskia B. Wortmann and Esther M. Maier

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:122

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  25. Content type: Research

    Mitochondrial acyl-CoA dehydrogenase family member 9 (ACAD9) is essential for the assembly of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I. Disease causing biallelic variants in ACAD9 have been reported in individua...

    Authors: Birgit M. Repp, Elisa Mastantuono, Charlotte L. Alston, Manuel Schiff, Tobias B. Haack, Agnes Rötig, Anna Ardissone, Anne Lombès, Claudia B. Catarino, Daria Diodato, Gudrun Schottmann, Joanna Poulton, Alberto Burlina, An Jonckheere, Arnold Munnich, Boris Rolinski…

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:120

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  28. Content type: Research

    Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) is a rare multisystem disorder. In 2012 diagnostic criteria for TSC were revised. However, data on the incidence of TSC are limited.

    Authors: Daniel Ebrahimi-Fakhari, Lilian Lisa Mann, Martin Poryo, Norbert Graf, Rüdiger von Kries, Beate Heinrich, Darius Ebrahimi-Fakhari, Marina Flotats-Bastardas, Ludwig Gortner, Michael Zemlin and Sascha Meyer

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:117

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  29. Content type: Review

    Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a rare inborn error of metabolism that results from dysfunction of the tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase enzyme. Its manifestations are extremely variable, ranging from early l...

    Authors: Eric T. Rush

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:116

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  30. Content type: Research

    Hereditary angioedema with C1-inhibitor deficiency (C1-INH-HAE) is characterized by recurrent edema of unpredictable frequency and severity. Stress, anxiety, and low mood are among the triggering factors most ...

    Authors: Livia Savarese, Maria Bova, Raffaella De Falco, Maria Domenica Guarino, Raffaele De Luca Picione, Angelica Petraroli, Riccardo Senter, Claudia Traverso, Matteo Zabotto, Andrea Zanichelli, Eugenio Zito, Maria Alessio, Mauro Cancian, Marco Cicardi, Adriana Franzese, Roberto Perricone…

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:115

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  32. Content type: Review

    Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is a rare hereditary condition that leads to decreased circulating alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) levels, significantly increasing the risk of serious lung and/or liver disease...

    Authors: María Torres-Durán, José Luis Lopez-Campos, Miriam Barrecheguren, Marc Miravitlles, Beatriz Martinez-Delgado, Silvia Castillo, Amparo Escribano, Adolfo Baloira, María Mercedes Navarro-Garcia, Daniel Pellicer, Lucía Bañuls, María Magallón, Francisco Casas and Francisco Dasí

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:114

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  33. Content type: Research

    Our objective was to evaluate children with metabolic diseases in paediatric palliative home care (PPC) and the process of decision-making. This study was conducted as single-centre retrospective cohort study ...

    Authors: Jessica I. Hoell, Jens Warfsmann, Felix Distelmaier, Arndt Borkhardt, Gisela Janßen and Michaela Kuhlen

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:112

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  34. Content type: Research

    Mucous membrane pemphigoid is a group of chronic subepithelial autoimmune blistering diseases that mainly affect mucous membranes. Laminin 332-specific autoantibodies are present in approximately 1/3 of the pa...

    Authors: Roxana Chiorean, Sorina Danescu, Oana Virtic, Mayson B. Mustafa, Adrian Baican, Annette Lischka, Takashi Hashimoto, Yoshinobu Kariya, Manuel Koch and Cassian Sitaru

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:111

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  35. Content type: Research

    Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) Type I (MPSI) is caused by mutations in the gene encoding the lysosomal enzyme, α-L-iduronidase (IDUA), and a majority of patients present with severe neurodegeneration and cognitiv...

    Authors: Roberto Giugliani, Luciana Giugliani, Fabiano de Oliveira Poswar, Karina Carvalho Donis, Amauri Dalla Corte, Mathias Schmidt, Ruben J. Boado, Igor Nestrasil, Carol Nguyen, Steven Chen and William M. Pardridge

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:110

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  36. Content type: Research

    Deficiency of phenylalanine hydroxylase causes phenylketonuria (PKU) with elevated phenylalanine (Phe) levels and associated neuropsychiatric and neurocognitive symptoms. Pegvaliase (PEGylated phenylalanine am...

    Authors: Nicola Longo, Roberto Zori, Melissa P. Wasserstein, Jerry Vockley, Barbara K. Burton, Celeste Decker, Mingjin Li, Kelly Lau, Joy Jiang, Kevin Larimore and Janet A. Thomas

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:108

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  37. Content type: Research

    Dystrophinopathies are a set of severe and incurable X-linked neuromuscular disorders caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene (DMD). These mutations form a complex spectrum. A national registration network is ...

    Authors: Peipei Ma, Shu Zhang, Hao Zhang, Siying Fang, Yuru Dong, Yan Zhang, Weiwei Hao, Shiwen Wu and Yuying Zhao

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:109

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  38. Content type: Research

    Split hand/foot malformation (SHFM) is a genetically heterogeneous limb malformation with variable expressivity. SHFM with tibia or femur aplasia is called SHFM with long bone deficiency (SHFLD). 17p13.3 dupli...

    Authors: Yuqi Shen, Nuo Si, Zhe Liu, Fang Liu, Xiaolu Meng, Ying Zhang and Xue Zhang

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:106

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  39. Content type: Research

    Transthyretin-related hereditary amyloidosis (ATTR) is a systemic disease characterized by extracellular deposits of amyloid due to the autosomal dominant inheritance of a mutation in the TTR gene (18q12.1). A...

    Authors: Alejandra González-Duarte, Karla Cárdenas-Soto, Carlo Enrico Bañuelos, Omar Fueyo, Carolina Dominguez, Benjamín Torres and Carlos Cantú-Brito

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:107

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  40. Content type: Research

    RYR1-related Myopathies (RYR1-RM) comprise a group of rare neuromuscular diseases (NMDs) occurring in approximately 1/90000 people in the US pediatric population. RYR1-RM result from pathogenic mutations in the r...

    Authors: Jessica W. Witherspoon, Ruhi P. Vasavada, Melissa R. Waite, Monique Shelton, Irene C. Chrismer, Paul G. Wakim, Minal S. Jain, Carsten G. Bönnemann and Katherine G. Meilleur

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:105

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  41. Content type: Review

    For many rare diseases, strong analytic study designs for evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of interventions are challenging to implement because of small, geographically dispersed patient populations ...

    Authors: Kylie Tingley, Doug Coyle, Ian D. Graham, Lindsey Sikora, Pranesh Chakraborty, Kumanan Wilson, John J. Mitchell, Sylvia Stockler-Ipsiroglu and Beth K. Potter

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:104

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  42. Content type: Research

    Wolfram syndrome (WFS) is a rare autosomal recessive disease with clinical manifestations of diabetes mellitus (DM), diabetes insipidus (DI), optic nerve atrophy (OA) and sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). Alt...

    Authors: Roanne Karzon, Anagha Narayanan, Ling Chen, Judith E. C. Lieu and Tamara Hershey

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:102

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  43. Content type: Research

    In patients with phenylketonuria (PKU), a low-phenylalanine (Phe) diet supplemented with low-protein foods and a Phe-free amino acid mixture favors a dietary intake rich in carbohydrates, but little is known a...

    Authors: María L. Couce, Paula Sánchez-Pintos, Isidro Vitoria, María-José De Castro, Luís Aldámiz-Echevarría, Patricia Correcher, Ana Fernández-Marmiesse, Iria Roca, Alvaro Hermida, Miguel Martínez-Olmos and Rosaura Leis

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:103

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  44. Content type: Research

    Despite early and ongoing dietary management with a phe-restricted diet, suboptimal neuropsychological function has been observed in PKU. The restrictive nature of the PKU diet may expose patients to sub-optim...

    Authors: Gina A. Montoya Parra, Rani H. Singh, Aysun Cetinyurek-Yavuz, Mirjam Kuhn and Anita MacDonald

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:101

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  45. Content type: Research

    Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) presents a wide range of clinical manifestations, including bone alterations. Studies that seek to understand cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying NF1 orthopedic problems are ...

    Authors: Paula Nascimento Almeida, Deuilton do Nascimento Barboza, Eloá Borges Luna, Maria Clara de Macena Correia, Rhayra Braga Dias, Ana Caroline Siquara de Sousa, Maria Eugenia Leite Duarte, Maria Isabel Doria Rossi and Karin Soares Cunha

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:98

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  46. Content type: Research

    Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS) is a rare condition characterized by connective tissue fragility. Direct spontaneous carotid-cavernous fistula (sCCF) is reportedly pathognomonic of vEDS. We conducted th...

    Authors: Salma Adham, Denis Trystram, Juliette Albuisson, Valérie Domigo, Anne Legrand, Xavier Jeunemaitre and Michael Frank

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:100

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  48. Content type: Research

    Hyperammonaemia is a key sign of decompensation in organic acidurias (OAs) and can contribute to severe neurological complications, thus requiring rapid treatment.

    Authors: Anupam Chakrapani, Vassili Valayannopoulos, Nuria García Segarra, Mireia Del Toro, Maria Alice Donati, Angeles García-Cazorla, María Julieta González, Celine Plisson and Vincenzo Giordano

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:97

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  49. Content type: Research

    Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HoFH) is characterized by a markedly increased risk of premature cardiovascular (CV) events and cardiac death. Lomitapide reduces low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ...

    Authors: Dirk J. Blom, Marina Cuchel, Miranda Ager and Helen Phillips

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:96

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  50. Content type: Research

    Pediatric cataract is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disease which is a significant cause of lifelong visual impairment and treatable blindness. Our study aims to investigate the genotype spectrum ...

    Authors: Jingyan Li, Yunji Leng, Shirui Han, Lulu Yan, Chaoxia Lu, Yang Luo, Xue Zhang and Lihua Cao

    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:94

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