Position statement on access to care in rare liver diseases: advancements of the European reference network (ERN) RARE-LIVER.

abstract：:Anophthalmia and microphthalmia describe, respectively, the absence of an eye and the presence of a small eye within the orbit. The combined birth prevalence of these conditions is up to 30 per 100,000 population, with microphthalmia reported in up to 11% of blind children. High-resolution cranial imaging, post-mortem...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Verma AS,Fitzpatrick DR

更新日期：2007-11-26 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：BACKGROUND: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 structural organ defects. Heterogeneous deletion breakpoints and sizes (1-17 Mb) and overlapping phen...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Barøy T,Misceo D,Strømme P,Stray-Pedersen A,Holmgren A,Rødningen OK,Blomhoff A,Helle JR,Stormyr A,Tvedt B,Fannemel M,Frengen E

更新日期：2013-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article. ...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Opladen T,López-Laso E,Cortès-Saladelafont E,Pearson TS,Sivri HS,Yildiz Y,Assmann B,Kurian MA,Leuzzi V,Heales S,Pope S,Porta F,García-Cazorla A,Honzík T,Pons R,Regal L,Goez H,Artuch R,Hoffmann GF,Horvath G,Thöny B

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gaucher disease (GD) is caused by deficiency of beta-glucocerebrosidase (GCase) due to biallelic variations in the GBA1 gene. Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative condition. The classic motor symptoms of PD may be preceded by many non-motor symptoms (NMS), which include hyposm...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Wilke MVMB,Dornelles AD,Schuh AS,Vairo FP,Basgalupp SP,Siebert M,Nalin T,Piltcher OB,Schwartz IVD

更新日期：2019-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1581 Rembert Dodoens wrote "Medicinalium observationum exempla rara, recognita et aucta" a Latin book about the diagnosis and treatment of disorders with a low prevalence. ...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Dooms MM

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a male child with Oromandibular-limb hypogenesis (OMLH), the main features being bilateral sixth and seventh nerve palsies, limb anomalies and hypoplasia of the tongue. Additional features were shortness of the neck associated with torticollis. Radiographs of the cervical spine were non-contributory, but 3D ...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Al Kaissi A,Grill F,Safi H,Ben Ghachem M,Ben Chehida F,Klaushofer K

更新日期：2007-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Triglyceride deposit cardiomyovasculopathy (TGCV) is a rare disease, characterized by the massive accumulation of triglyceride (TG) in multiple tissues, especially skeletal muscle, heart muscle and the coronary artery. TGCV is caused by mutation of adipose triglyceride lipase, which is an essential molecule ...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Hara Y,Kawasaki N,Hirano K,Hashimoto Y,Adachi J,Watanabe S,Tomonaga T

更新日期：2013-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) is a rare autoimmune movement disorder characterized by the presence of autoantibodies specific to the smaller isoform of glutamate decarboxylase (GAD65). A pathological role of these antibodies has been suggested by their capacity to inhibit GAD65 enzyme activity and by the obser...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Hampe CS,Petrosini L,De Bartolo P,Caporali P,Cutuli D,Laricchiuta D,Foti F,Radtke JR,Vidova V,Honnorat J,Manto M

更新日期：2013-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with TARDBP mutations have so far been classified as ALS, sometimes with frontal lobe dysfunction. A 66-year-old patient progressively developed a severe sensory disorder, followed by a motor disorder, which evolved over nine years. Symptoms started in the left hand and slowly involved the four limbs. Investi...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Camdessanché JP,Belzil VV,Jousserand G,Rouleau GA,Créac'h C,Convers P,Antoine JC

更新日期：2011-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU) with sapropterin dihydrochloride in responsive patients from an early age can have many advantages for the patient over dietary restriction alone. Accordingly, approval of sapropterin in the European Union was extended in 2015 to include patients aged 0-4 years, bringing th...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Muntau AC,du Moulin M,Feillet F

更新日期：2018-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inherited epidermolysis bullosa (EB) comprises a highly heterogeneous group of rare diseases characterized by exacerbated skin and/or mucosal fragility and blister formation after minor mechanical trauma. Level of cleavage in the skin, clinical features with immunofluorescence antigen mapping and/or electron...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Montaudié H,Chiaverini C,Sbidian E,Charlesworth A,Lacour JP

更新日期：2016-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Hamartomatous Polyposis Syndromes (HPS) are genetic syndromes, which include Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, Juvenile polyposis syndrome, PTEN hamartoma tumour syndrome (Cowden Syndrom, Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba and Proteus Syndrome) as well as hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome. Other syndromes such as Gorlin Syndrome and mu...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Jelsig AM,Qvist N,Brusgaard K,Nielsen CB,Hansen TP,Ousager LB

更新日期：2014-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The small cell ovarian carcinoma of the hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT) which preferably affects young women during regenerative age represents a rare and aggressive form of ovarian tumors with poor prognosis and lacks an efficient therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS:In vitro chemotherapy testing in a fluorescence ass...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Otte A,Rauprich F,Hillemanns P,Park-Simon TW,von der Ohe J,Hass R

更新日期：2014-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) is the most prevalent acquired muscle disease in the elderly. sIBM is an intractable and progressive disease of unknown cause and without effective treatment. The etiology of sIBM is still unknown; however, genetic factors, aging, lifestyles, and environmental factors ...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Suzuki N,Mori-Yoshimura M,Yamashita S,Nakano S,Murata KY,Inamori Y,Matsui N,Kimura E,Kusaka H,Kondo T,Higuchi I,Kaji R,Tateyama M,Izumi R,Ono H,Kato M,Warita H,Takahashi T,Nishino I,Aoki M

更新日期：2016-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mucopolysaccharidosis VI (MPS VI) is an autosomal recessive progressive multiorgan disorder due to mutation in the gene encoding the enzyme Arylsulfatase B (ARSB). Dysfunctional ARSB causes lysosomal accumulation of glycosaminoglycans (GAG). Currently, enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) is preferred to hematop...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Jester S,Larsson J,Eklund EA,Papadopoulou D,Månsson JE,Békássy AN,Turkiewicz D,Toporski J,Øra I

更新日期：2013-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is the most common inherited neuromuscular disorder characterized by wide clinical, genetic and pathomechanistic heterogeneity. Recently, the gene encoding peripheral myelin protein 2 (PMP2) was identified as a novel cause for CMT neuropathy with three mutations that structu...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Palaima P,Chamova T,Jander S,Mitev V,Van Broeckhoven C,Tournev I,Peeters K,Jordanova A

更新日期：2019-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical student training is largely focused on acquiring knowledge of diseases and their management, which may leave one with a naïve perception of what is achievable in practice, particularly in the field of rare diseases. Tumour Necrosis Factor Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome (TRAPS) is a rare autoinflammatory...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Al-Attar M

更新日期：2018-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myosin heavy chain 7 (MYH7)-related myopathies are emerging as an important group of muscle diseases of childhood and adulthood, with variable clinical and histopathological expression depending on the type and location of the mutation. Mutations in the head and neck domains are a well-established cause of h...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Fiorillo C,Astrea G,Savarese M,Cassandrini D,Brisca G,Trucco F,Pedemonte M,Trovato R,Ruggiero L,Vercelli L,D'Amico A,Tasca G,Pane M,Fanin M,Bello L,Broda P,Musumeci O,Rodolico C,Messina S,Vita GL,Sframeli M,Gibe

更新日期：2016-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:FBLN5-related cutis laxa (CL) is a rare disorder that involves elastic fiber-enriched tissues and is characterized by lax skin and variable systemic involvement such as pulmonary emphysema, arterial involvement, inguinal hernias, hollow viscus diverticula and pyloric stenosis. This type of CL follows mostly ...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Gharesouran J,Hosseinzadeh H,Ghafouri-Fard S,Jabbari Moghadam Y,Ahmadian Heris J,Jafari-Rouhi AH,Taheri M,Rezazadeh M

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Niemann-Pick type C1 disease (NPC1) is a rare progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by mutations in the NPC1 gene. In this lysosomal storage disorder the intracellular transport and sequestration of several lipids like cholesterol is severely impaired, resulting in an accumulation of lipids in late e...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Trilck M,Hübner R,Seibler P,Klein C,Rolfs A,Frech MJ

更新日期：2013-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Microvillous inclusion disease (MVID) or microvillous atrophy is a congenital disorder of the intestinal epithelial cells that presents with persistent life-threatening watery diarrhea and is characterized by morphological enterocyte abnormalities. MVID manifests either in the first days of life (early-onset form) or ...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Ruemmele FM,Schmitz J,Goulet O

更新日期：2006-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy of thymectomy in patients with non-thymomatous Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is still unclear. Main limitations have been variable outcome definitions, lack of a control group and adjustment for confounding. OBJECTIVE:To study the efficacy of thymectomy in achieving remission or minimal manifestation ...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Barnett C,Katzberg HD,Keshavjee S,Bril V

更新日期：2014-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Infantile cholestatic diseases can be caused by mutations in a number of genes involved in different hepatocyte molecular pathways. Whilst some of the essential pathways have a well understood function, such as bile biosynthesis and transport, the role of the others is not known. Here we report the findings of a clini...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Morgan NV,Hartley JL,Setchell KD,Simpson MA,Brown R,Tee L,Kirkham S,Pasha S,Trembath RC,Maher ER,Gissen P,Kelly DA

更新日期：2013-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital tuberculosis is rare and carries a high mortality rate. Our objective was to summarize the current experience of the diagnosis and treatment of patients with congenital tuberculosis. METHODS:In total, 73 reported cases of congenital tuberculosis published in Chinese and 19 patients with congenita...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Li C,Liu L,Tao Y

更新日期：2019-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Friedreich's Ataxia (FRDA) is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes progressive damage to the central and peripheral nervous systems having a significant impact upon quality of life. With little information in the literature, cross-sectional observational studies were conducted in the UK and Germany to co...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Giunti P,Greenfield J,Stevenson AJ,Parkinson MH,Hartmann JL,Sandtmann R,Piercy J,O'Hara J,Casas LR,Smith FM

更新日期：2013-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The first subjects with deficiency of mitochondrial tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase (WARS2) were reported in 2017. Their clinical characteristics can be subdivided into three phenotypes (neonatal phenotype, severe infantile onset phenotype, Parkinson-like phenotype). RESULTS:Here, we report on a subject who pr...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Vantroys E,Smet J,Vanlander AV,Vergult S,De Bruyne R,Roels F,Stepman H,Roeyers H,Menten B,Van Coster R

更新日期：2018-05-21 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：BACKGROUND:Rett syndrome (RTT) is an X-linked dominant neurodevelopmental disorder, which is usually caused by de novo mutations in the MECP2 gene. More than 70% of the disease causing MECP2 mutations are eight recurrent C to T transitions, which almost exclusively arise on the paternally derived X chromosome. About 10...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Ravn K,Roende G,Duno M,Fuglsang K,Eiklid KL,Tümer Z,Nielsen JB,Skjeldal OH

更新日期：2011-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been suggested that ultra-rare diseases should be recognized as distinct from more prevalent rare diseases, but how drugs developed to treat ultra-rare diseases (DURDs) might be distinguished from drugs for 'other' rare diseases (DORDs) is not clear. We compared the characteristics of DURDs to DORDs f...

journal_title：Orphanet journal of rare diseases

authors： Richter T,Janoudi G,Amegatse W,Nester-Parr S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00