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We report on a multiply consanguineous Syrian family where two siblings, a boy and a girl, presented with a compilation of symptoms including developmental delay, severe intellectual disability, absent speech, hearing impairment, short stature, subglottic stenosis, increased length of the palpebral
BACKGROUND
The advent of chromosome microarray analysis (CMA) for evaluation of patients with multiple congenital anomalies has made it possible to define chromosomal imbalances with greater precision and resolutions significantly smaller than possible by standard G-banded chromosome analysis. We
We describe a boy and his mother affected with craniodiaphyseal dysplasia (CDD). The boy had a very severe form of the disease with extensive osteosclerosis already at birth. Facial diplegia, bilateral hearing loss and optic nerve atrophy were early, severe complications of the disease. At age 7
Objective: To investigate the clinical features and genetic characteristics of patients with ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1 (ENPP1) gene variants. Method: The clinical data of a patient with ENPP1 homozygous variants from Capital Institute of Pediatrics was collected, the related
Nine transfusion-dependent beta-thalassaemia major patients (seven males and two females), aged 4-15 years, with growth retardation and severe rickets-like radiological lesions due to continuous subcutaneous chelation therapy with desferrioxamine (45-75 mg/kg body weight, 6-7 time/week), were seen
We report a patient with a sporadic case of oto-palato-digital (OPD) syndrome type II. Parents and five previous sibs are normal. At 26 years of age the patient had conductive hearing impairment, cleft palate, a prominent forehead, a flat facies, and a broad nasal base resulting in the
A 20-year-old man presented with failure to thrive and bilateral genu valgum. On the basis of growth failure, skeletal deformity, hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis with alkaline urine and hypokalemia, nephrocalcinosis, and hearing loss, a diagnosis of distal renal tubular acidosis (DRTA) with
Chronic idiopathic hyperphosphatasia (CIH), or juvenile Paget disease, is a rare disorder characterized by increased bone turnover and progressive enlargement of bones. We report a girl, 6 1/2 years old, with a history of three fractures, short stature, delayed eruption of teeth, and poor hair
Twenty years ago, we described kindred of 105 individuals with isolated GH deficiency (IGHD) in Itabaianinha County, in northeast Brazil, carrying a homozygous mutation in the GH-releasing hormone receptor gene. These subjects exhibit markedly reduced GH responsiveness to stimulatory tests, and