The parallel lives of alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency and pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lysinuric protein intolerance (LPI) is a rare metabolic disease resulting from recessive-inherited mutations in the SLC7A7 gene encoding the cationic amino-acids transporter subunit y+LAT1. The disease is characterised by protein-rich food intolerance with secondary urea cycle disorder, but symptoms are hete...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Mauhin W,Habarou F,Gobin S,Servais A,Brassier A,Grisel C,Roda C,Pinto G,Moshous D,Ghalim F,Krug P,Deltour N,Pontoizeau C,Dubois S,Assoun M,Galmiche L,Bonnefont JP,Ottolenghi C,de Blic J,Arnoux JB,de Lonlay P

更新日期：2017-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) is a rare intestinal motility disorder with significant morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients. The diagnosis of CIPO is difficult, because it is clinically based on the symptoms and signs of bowel obstruction which are similar to the clinical manifestations of other...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Yan JK,Zhou KJ,Huang JH,Wu QQ,Zhang T,Wang CC,Cai W

更新日期：2017-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inherited metabolic disorders (IMDs) are group of rare monogenic diseases, usually derived from reduced or absent activity in a single metabolic pathway. Most of the IMDs are inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. The incidence of IMDs varies from country to country and within different ethnic groups, b...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Hazan G,Hershkovitz E,Staretz-Chacham O

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phenylketonuria (PKU; OMIM#261600) is a rare metabolic disorder caused by mutations in the phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) gene resulting in high phenylalanine (Phe) in blood and brain. If not treated early this results in intellectual disability, behavioral and psychiatric problems, microcephaly, motor defi...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Cannet C,Pilotto A,Rocha JC,Schäfer H,Spraul M,Berg D,Nawroth P,Kasperk C,Gramer G,Haas D,Piel D,Kölker S,Hoffmann G,Freisinger P,Trefz F

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:NUT midline carcinoma (NMC), a rare type of squamous cell carcinoma, is genetically characterised by NUT midline carcinoma family member 1 (NUTM1) gene rearrangement. NMC can arise from the lungs; however, there is no standard for the management of primary pulmonary NMC. This study aimed to confirm the clinic...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Xie XH,Wang LQ,Qin YY,Lin XQ,Xie ZH,Liu M,Zhang JX,Ouyang M,Liu J,Gu YY,Li SY,Zhou CZ

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES/BACKGROUND:Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia defines a group of genetically distinct recessive ataxias including ataxia-telangectasia (A-T, ATM gene), ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 1 (AOA1, APTX gene) and type 2 (AOA2, SETX gene). Although, a few unique clinical features differentiate each of these forms,...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Nanetti L,Cavalieri S,Pensato V,Erbetta A,Pareyson D,Panzeri M,Zorzi G,Antozzi C,Moroni I,Gellera C,Brusco A,Mariotti C

更新日期：2013-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is included within group 5 of the current PH classification (unclear multifactorial mechanisms). However, data regarding the occurrence of PH in LAM are scarce. The aims of the study were to describe the prevalence and characteristics of PH in a large cohort of LAM patients wit...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Freitas CSG,Baldi BG,Jardim C,Araujo MS,Sobral JB,Heiden GI,Kairalla RA,Souza R,Carvalho CRR

更新日期：2017-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Erdheim-Chester Disease (ECD) is a rare form of non Langerhans' cell histiocytosis. Individuals affected by this disease are typically adults between their 5th and 7th decades of life. Males and females are almost equally affected. The multi systemic form of ECD is associated with significant morbidity, which may aris...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Mazor RD,Manevich-Mazor M,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2013-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Vici syndrome [OMIM242840] is a severe, recessively inherited congenital disorder characterized by the principal features of callosal agenesis, cataracts, oculocutaneous hypopigmentation, cardiomyopathy, and a combined immunodeficiency. Profound developmental delay, progressive failure to thrive and acquired microceph...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Byrne S,Dionisi-Vici C,Smith L,Gautel M,Jungbluth H

更新日期：2016-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Patent arterial duct (PAD) is a congenital heart abnormality defined as persistent patency in term infants older than three months. Isolated PAD is found in around 1 in 2000 full term infants. A higher prevalence is found in preterm infants, especially those with low birth weight. The female to male ratio is 2:1. Most...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Forsey JT,Elmasry OA,Martin RP

更新日期：2009-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A disease (CMT1A) is a rare orphan inherited neuropathy caused by an autosomal dominant duplication of a gene encoding for the structural myelin protein PMP22, which induces abnormal Schwann cell differentiation and dysmyelination, eventually leading to axonal suffering then loss an...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Attarian S,Vallat JM,Magy L,Funalot B,Gonnaud PM,Lacour A,Péréon Y,Dubourg O,Pouget J,Micallef J,Franques J,Lefebvre MN,Ghorab K,Al-Moussawi M,Tiffreau V,Preudhomme M,Magot A,Leclair-Visonneau L,Stojkovic T,Bossi L

更新日期：2014-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rare diseases are individually rare but globally affect around 6% of the population, and in over 70% of cases are genetically determined. Their rarity translates into a delayed diagnosis, with 25% of patients waiting 5 to 30 years for one. It is essential to raise awareness of patients and clinicians of exis...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Atalaia A,Thompson R,Corvo A,Carmody L,Piscia D,Matalonga L,Macaya A,Lochmuller A,Fontaine B,Zurek B,Hernandez-Ferrer C,Rheinard C,Gómez-Andrés D,Desaphy JF,Schon K,Lohmann K,Jennings MJ,Synofzik M,Riess O,Yaou RB,

更新日期：2020-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many of the genetic childhood disorders leading to death in the pre- or neonatal period or during early childhood follow autosomal recessive modes of inheritance and bear specific challenges for genetic counseling and prenatal diagnostics. Parents are carriers but clinically unaffected, and diseases are rare...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Komlosi K,Diederich S,Fend-Guella DL,Bartsch O,Winter J,Zechner U,Beck M,Meyer P,Schweiger S

更新日期：2018-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the prevalence of undiagnosed Fabry Disease (FD) in Western Australian (WA) patients undergoing dialysis. BACKGROUND:FD is a multisystem X-linked lysosomal storage disease caused by deficient activity of alpha-galactosidase-A (α-GAL-A). Affected individuals are at risk of developing small-fibre neurop...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Jahan S,Sarathchandran S,Akhter S,Goldblatt J,Stark S,Crawford D,Mallett A,Thomas M

更新日期：2020-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Urea cycle disorders (UCDs) are inborn errors of ammonia detoxification/arginine synthesis due to defects affecting the catalysts of the Krebs-Henseleit cycle (five core enzymes, one activating enzyme and one mitochondrial ornithine/citrulline antiporter) with an estimated incidence of 1:8.000. Patients present with h...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Häberle J,Boddaert N,Burlina A,Chakrapani A,Dixon M,Huemer M,Karall D,Martinelli D,Crespo PS,Santer R,Servais A,Valayannopoulos V,Lindner M,Rubio V,Dionisi-Vici C

更新日期：2012-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term complications and associated conditions of type 1 Gaucher Disease (GD) can include splenectomy, bone complications, pulmonary hypertension, Parkinson disease and malignancies. Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) reverses cytopenia and reduces organomegaly. To study the effects of ERT on long-term complications ...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： van Dussen L,Biegstraaten M,Dijkgraaf MG,Hollak CE

更新日期：2014-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Isovaleric aciduria (IVA), propionic aciduria (PA) and methylmalonic aciduria (MMA) are inherited organic acidurias (OAs) in which impaired organic acid metabolism induces hyperammonaemia arising partly from secondary deficiency of N-acetylglutamate (NAG) synthase. Rapid reduction in plasma ammonia is requir...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Valayannopoulos V,Baruteau J,Delgado MB,Cano A,Couce ML,Del Toro M,Donati MA,Garcia-Cazorla A,Gil-Ortega D,Gomez-de Quero P,Guffon N,Hofstede FC,Kalkan-Ucar S,Coker M,Lama-More R,Martinez-Pardo Casanova M,Molina A,Picha

更新日期：2016-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (Steinert's disease or DM1), the most common form of autosomal dominant muscular dystrophy in adults, is a multisystem disorder, affecting skeletal muscle as well as eyes, heart, gastrointestinal tract, endocrine system, and central nervous system, finally responsible of increasing ...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Baldanzi S,Bevilacqua F,Lorio R,Volpi L,Simoncini C,Petrucci A,Cosottini M,Massimetti G,Tognoni G,Ricci G,Angelini C,Siciliano G

更新日期：2016-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are an established and growing number of Mendelian genetic causes for chronic kidney disease (CKD) in adults, though estimates of prevalence have been speculative. The CKD Queensland (CKD.QLD) registry enables partial clarification of this through the study of adults with CKD receiving nephrology care ...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Mallett A,Patel C,Salisbury A,Wang Z,Healy H,Hoy W

更新日期：2014-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:After publication of this article [1], it is noticed reference no. 17 was incorrectly provided, details are shown below. ...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Pittaway JFH,Harrison C,Rhee Y,Holder-Espinasse M,Fryer AE,Cundy T,Drake WM,Irving MD

更新日期：2019-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnosis of rare diseases poses a particular challenge to clinicians. This study analyzes whether patients' pain drawings (PDs) help in the differentiation of two pain-associated rare diseases, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS). METHOD:The study was designed as a prospectiv...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Wester L,Mücke M,Bender TTA,Sellin J,Klawonn F,Conrad R,Szczypien N

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The practice of genomic medicine stands to revolutionize our approach to medical care, and to realize this goal will require discovery of the relationship between rare variation at each of the ~ 20,000 protein-coding genes and their consequent impact on individual health and expression of Mendelian disease. The step-w...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Posey JE

更新日期：2019-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare autosomal dominant genetic disease with many manifestations, and it involves any organ. In this study, we report a TSC patient with new type skin lesions. METHODS:A 7-month-old TSC boy with multiple cutaneous nodules was admitted in our hospital. We collected the cl...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Lu Q,Shi XY,Wang YY,Zhang MN,Wang WZ,Wang J,Wang QH,Chen HM,Zou LP

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Short-chain enoyl-CoA hydratase (SCEH, encoded by ECHS1) catalyzes hydration of 2-trans-enoyl-CoAs to 3(S)-hydroxy-acyl-CoAs. SCEH has a broad substrate specificity and is believed to play an important role in mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation and in the metabolism of branched-chain amino acids. Recently, t...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Ferdinandusse S,Friederich MW,Burlina A,Ruiter JP,Coughlin CR 2nd,Dishop MK,Gallagher RC,Bedoyan JK,Vaz FM,Waterham HR,Gowan K,Chatfield K,Bloom K,Bennett MJ,Elpeleg O,Van Hove JL,Wanders RJ

更新日期：2015-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Segmental progeroid syndromes are a heterogeneous group of rare and often severe genetic disorders that have been studied since the twentieth century. These progeroid syndromes are defined as segmental because only some of the features observed during natural aging are accelerated. METHODS:Since 2015, the M...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Grelet M,Blanck V,Sigaudy S,Philip N,Giuliano F,Khachnaoui K,Morel G,Grotto S,Sophie J,Poirsier C,Lespinasse J,Alric L,Calvas P,Chalhoub G,Layet V,Molin A,Colson C,Marsili L,Edery P,Lévy N,De Sandre-Giovannoli A

更新日期：2019-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Syndromic diarrhea (SD), also known as phenotypic diarrhea (PD) or tricho-hepato-enteric syndrome (THE), is a congenital enteropathy presenting with early-onset of severe diarrhea requiring parenteral nutrition (PN). To date, no epidemiological data are available. The estimated prevalence is approximately 1/300,000-40...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Goulet O,Vinson C,Roquelaure B,Brousse N,Bodemer C,Cézard JP

更新日期：2008-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glutaric aciduria type I (GA-I) is a rare metabolic disorder caused by inherited deficiency of glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase. Despite high prognostic relevance of early diagnosis and start of metabolic treatment as well as an additional cost saving potential later in life, only a limited number of countries rec...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Pfeil J,Listl S,Hoffmann GF,Kölker S,Lindner M,Burgard P

更新日期：2013-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Niemann-Pick disease Type C1 (NPC1) is a rare progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by mutations in the NPC1 gene. The pathological mechanisms, underlying NPC1 are not yet completely understood. Especially the contribution of glial cells and gliosis to the progression of NPC1, are controversially dis...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Peter F,Rost S,Rolfs A,Frech MJ

更新日期：2017-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Brazil is a country of continental dimensions, with many social inequalities. The latter are reflected on its health system, which comprises a large public component called SUS, a small paid health insurance component and a third very small private component, in which patients pay personally for medical services. Seve...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Giugliani R,Vairo FP,Riegel M,de Souza CF,Schwartz IV,Pena SD

更新日期：2016-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND: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 lethality to disease limited to the dentition. The disease is life-threatening when manifesting withi...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Rush ET

更新日期：2018-07-16 00:00:00