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  1. Many genetic diseases are due to defects in protein trafficking where the mutant protein is recognized by the quality control systems, retained in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and degraded by the proteasome...

    Authors: Heidi M Sampson, Hung Lam, Pei-Chun Chen, Donglei Zhang, Cristina Mottillo, Myriam Mirza, Karim Qasim, Alvin Shrier, Show-Ling Shyng, John W Hanrahan and David Y Thomas
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2013 8:11
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  2. Malignant atrophic papulosis (MAP), described independently by Köhlmeier and Degos et al., is a rare, chronic, thrombo-obliterative vasculopathy characterized by papular skin lesions with central porcelain-whi...

    Authors: Athanasios Theodoridis, Evgenia Makrantonaki and Christos C Zouboulis
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2013 8:10
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  3. Cockayne Syndrome CS (Type A – CSA; or CS Type I OMIM #216400) (Type B – CSB; or CS Type II OMIM #133540) is a rare autosomal recessive neurological disease caused by defects in DNA repair characterized by pro...

    Authors: Agnès Bloch-Zupan, Morgan Rousseaux, Virginie Laugel, Matthieu Schmittbuhl, Rémy Mathis, Emmanuelle Desforges, Mériam Koob, Ariane Zaloszyc, Hélène Dollfus and Vincent Laugel
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2013 8:9
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  4. The management of tyrosinaemia type 1 (HT1, fumarylacetoacetase deficiency) has been revolutionised by the introduction of nitisinone but dietary treatment remains essential and the management is not easy. In ...

    Authors: Corinne de Laet, Carlo Dionisi-Vici, James V Leonard, Patrick McKiernan, Grant Mitchell, Lidia Monti, Hélène Ogier de Baulny, Guillem Pintos-Morell and Ute Spiekerkötter
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2013 8:8
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  5. Deregulation of microRNA (miRNA) transcript levels has been observed in many types of tumors including osteosarcoma. Molecular pathways regulated by differentially expressed miRNAs may contribute to the hetero...

    Authors: Aaron L Sarver, Venugopal Thayanithy, Milcah C Scott, Anne-Marie Cleton-Jansen, Pancras CW Hogendoorn, Jaime F Modiano and Subbaya Subramanian
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2013 8:7
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  6. Propionic acidemia is an inherited disorder caused by deficiency of propionyl-CoA carboxylase. Although it is one of the most frequent organic acidurias, information on the outcome of affected individuals is s...

    Authors: Sarah C Grünert, Stephanie Müllerleile, Linda De Silva, Michael Barth, Melanie Walter, Kerstin Walter, Thomas Meissner, Martin Lindner, Regina Ensenauer, René Santer, Olaf A Bodamer, Matthias R Baumgartner, Michaela Brunner-Krainz, Daniela Karall, Claudia Haase, Ina Knerr…
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2013 8:6
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  7. Syndromic diarrhea/Tricho-hepato-enteric syndrome (SD/THE) is a rare and severe bowel disorder caused by mutation in SKIV2L or in TTC37, 2 genes encoding subunits of the putative human SKI complex. The estimated ...

    Authors: Alexandre Fabre, Christine Martinez-Vinson, Olivier Goulet and Catherine Badens
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2013 8:5
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  8. Methylmalonic aciduria is an inborn error of metabolism characterized by accumulation of methylmalonate (MMA), propionate and 2-methylcitrate (2-MCA) in body fluids. Early diagnosis and current treatment strat...

    Authors: Paris Jafari, Olivier Braissant, Petra Zavadakova, Hugues Henry, Luisa Bonafé and Diana Ballhausen
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2013 8:4
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  9. Nineteen patients with deletions in chromosome 6p22-p24 have been published so far. The syndromic phenotype is varied, and includes intellectual disability, behavioural abnormalities, dysmorphic features and s...

    Authors: Tuva Barøy, Doriana Misceo, Petter Strømme, Asbjørg Stray-Pedersen, Asbjørn Holmgren, Olaug Kristin Rødningen, Anne Blomhoff, Johan Robert Helle, Alice Stormyr, Bjørn Tvedt, Madeleine Fannemel and Eirik Frengen
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2013 8:3
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  11. Correct diagnosis is pivotal to understand and treat neurological disease. Herein, we report the diagnostic work-up utilizing exome sequencing and the characterization of clinical features and brain MRI in two...

    Authors: Kristoffer Haugarvoll, Stefan Johansson, Charalampos Tzoulis, Bjørn Ivar Haukanes, Cecilie Bredrup, Gesche Neckelmann, Helge Boman, Per Morten Knappskog and Laurence A Bindoff
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2013 8:1
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  12. Finding gene associations in rare diseases is frequently hampered by the reduced numbers of patients accessible. Conventional gene-based association tests rely on the availability of large cohorts, which const...

    Authors: Raquel Ma Fernández, Marta Bleda, Rocío Núñez-Torres, Ignacio Medina, Berta Luzón-Toro, Luz García-Alonso, Ana Torroglosa, Martina Marbà, Ma Valle Enguix-Riego, David Montaner, Guillermo Antiñolo, Joaquín Dopazo and Salud Borrego
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2012 7:103
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  13. Previous studies have provided equivocal data on the use of miglustat as maintenance therapy in Gaucher disease type 1. We report findings from a clinical trial evaluating the effects of miglustat treatment in...

    Authors: Timothy M Cox, Dominick Amato, Carla EM Hollak, Cecile Luzy, Mariabeth Silkey, Ruben Giorgino and Robert D Steiner
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2012 7:102
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  14. The Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS), an inherited rare cancer predisposition syndrome characterized by a variety of early-onset tumors, is caused by different highly penetrant germline mutations in the TP53 gene; each...

    Authors: Amanda G Silva, Maria Isabel Waddington Achatz, Ana CV Krepischi, Peter L Pearson and Carla Rosenberg
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2012 7:101
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  15. Pathologic studies play an important role in evaluating patients with Alport syndrome besides genotyping. Difficulties still exist in diagnosing Alport syndrome (AS), and misdiagnosis is a not-so-rare event, e...

    Authors: Xiao-dan Yao, Xin Chen, Gao-yuan Huang, Yan-ting Yu, Shu-tian Xu, Yang-lin Hu, Qing-wen Wang, Hui-ping Chen, Cai-hong Zeng, Da-xi Ji, Wei-xin Hu, Zheng Tang and Zhi-hong Liu
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2012 7:100
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  16. Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage syndrome is a life threatening condition with diverse etiologies. Sensitive prognostic markers for diffuse alveolar hemorrhage have not been well investigated. Serum KL-6 is a bioma...

    Authors: Yoshiko Kida, Shinichiro Ohshimo, Kohei Ota, Tomoko Tamura, Tadatsugu Otani, Kazunobu Une, Takuma Sadamori, Yasumasa Iwasaki, Francesco Bonella, Noboru Hattori, Nobuyuki Hirohashi, Josune Guzman, Ulrich Costabel, Nobuoki Kohno and Koichi Tanigawa
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2012 7:99
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  19. A population of patients with unexplained neurological symptoms from six major French university hospitals was screened over a 28-month period for primary creatine disorder (PCD). Urine guanidinoacetate (GAA) ...

    Authors: David Cheillan, Marie Joncquel-Chevalier Curt, Gilbert Briand, Gajja S Salomons, Karine Mention-Mulliez, Dries Dobbelaere, Jean-Marie Cuisset, Laurence Lion-François, Vincent Des Portes, Allel Chabli, Vassili Valayannopoulos, Jean-François Benoist, Jean-Marc Pinard, Gilles Simard, Olivier Douay, Kumaran Deiva…
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2012 7:96
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  20. Amyloidosis cutis dyschromica is a rarely documented variant of cutaneous amyloidosis. To date, only 26 cases have been reported.

    Authors: Jianjun Qiao, Hong Fang and Hongtian Yao
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2012 7:95
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  21. The Conserved Oligomeric Golgi (COG) complex is involved in the retrograde trafficking of Golgi components, thereby affecting the localization of Golgi glycosyltransferases. Deficiency of a COG-subunit leads t...

    Authors: Daisy Rymen, Liesbeth Keldermans, Valérie Race, Luc Régal, Nicolas Deconinck, Carlo Dionisi-Vici, Cheuk-wing Fung, Luisa Sturiale, Claire Rosnoblet, François Foulquier, Gert Matthijs and Jaak Jaeken
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2012 7:94
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2013 8:120

  22. The porphyrias are a heterogeneous group of rare metabolic diseases. The full spectrum of porphyria diagnostics is usually performed by specialized porphyria laboratories or centres. The European Porphyria Ini...

    Authors: Mette C Tollånes, Aasne K Aarsand, Jørild Haugen Villanger, Egil Støle, Jean-Charles Deybach, Joanne Marsden, Jordi To-Figueras and Sverre Sandberg
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2012 7:93
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  23. Classically characterized by early onset insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, deafness, diabetes insipidus, and neurological abnormalities, Wolfram syndrome (WFS) is also associated with atypica...

    Authors: Kristen A Pickett, Ryan P Duncan, James Hoekel, Bess Marshall, Tamara Hershey and Gammon M Earhart
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2012 7:92
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  24. Fabry disease (FD) is a genetic disorder resulting from deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme α-galactosidase A (α-Gal A), which leads to globotriaosylceramide (GL-3) accumulation in multiple tissues. We report o...

    Authors: Dominique P Germain, Roberto Giugliani, Derralynn A Hughes, Atul Mehta, Kathy Nicholls, Laura Barisoni, Charles J Jennette, Alexander Bragat, Jeff Castelli, Sheela Sitaraman, David J Lockhart and Pol F Boudes
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2012 7:91
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  30. Authors: Stephanie S Weinreich, Charlotte Vrinten, Jan JGM Verschuuren, Carin A Uyl-de Groot, Marja R Kuijpers, Ellen Sterrenburg, Rob JPM Scholten, Cees FRM van Bezooijen, Marcel FTH Timmen, Sonja van Weely and Martina C Cornel
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2012 7(Suppl 2):A29
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 2

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