abstract：:The congenital disorder of glycosylation, PMM2-CDG, is associated with progressive photoreceptor degeneration, which causes a pigmentary retinopathy. We identified a sibling pair, mildly affected with PMM2-CDG, who showed preserved photoreceptor function, but profound deficits of the 'on-pathway' in the retina. This l...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Thompson DA,Lyons RJ,Russell-Eggitt I,Liasis A,Jägle H,Grünewald S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Morphology and function of Fabry cardiomyopathy has been previously studied by echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). However, the value of electrocardiography (ECG) in relation to these two techniques remains largely unknown. METHODS:One hundred fifty genetically confirmed Fabry patients we...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Niemann M,Hartmann T,Namdar M,Breunig F,Beer M,Machann W,Herrmann S,Ertl G,Wanner C,Weidemann F

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyso-globotriaosylsphingosine (lyso-Gb3) is a useful biomarker in the diagnosis and monitoring of treatment for Fabry disease. However, it is unclear whether lyso-Gb3 is elevated in patients with later-onset Fabry disease. Thus, we measured lyso-Gb3 levels from dried blood spots (DBS) from male newborns with the Fabry...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Chien YH,Bodamer OA,Chiang SC,Mascher H,Hung C,Hwu WL

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurons of the central nervous system (CNS) require precise control of their bathing microenvironment for optimal function, and an important element in this control is the blood-brain barrier (BBB). The BBB is formed by the endothelial cells lining the brain microvessels, under the inductive influence of neighbour...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Abbott NJ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in β-glucosidase (GBA1) are the most common genetic risk factor for Parkinson disease (PD). There is evidence to suggest that PD risk is greater (1) in GBA1 heterozygotes with non-N370S GBA1 mutations compared to N370S mutations and (2) in GD type 1 (GD1) patients compared to GBA1 heterozygotes. This study a...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Barrett MJ,Giraldo P,Capablo JL,Alfonso P,Irun P,Garcia-Rodriguez B,Pocovi M,Pastores GM

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are a group of lysosomal storage diseases caused by mutations in lysosomal enzymes involved in degradation of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). Patients with MPS grow poorly and become physically disabled due to systemic bone disease. While many of the major skeletal effects in mouse models for MP...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Rowan DJ,Tomatsu S,Grubb JH,Montaño AM,Sly WS

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA (MPS IVA; Morquio A syndrome) is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder resulting from a deficiency of N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase (GALNS) activity. Diagnosis can be challenging and requires agreement of clinical, radiographic, and laboratory findings. A group of bioc...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Wood TC,Harvey K,Beck M,Burin MG,Chien YH,Church HJ,D'Almeida V,van Diggelen OP,Fietz M,Giugliani R,Harmatz P,Hawley SM,Hwu WL,Ketteridge D,Lukacs Z,Miller N,Pasquali M,Schenone A,Thompson JN,Tylee K,Yu C,Hendri

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA (MPS IVA) or Morquio syndrome is a multisystem disorder caused by galactosamine-6-sulfatase deficiency. Skeletal manifestations, including short stature, skeletal dysplasia, cervical instability, and joint destruction, are known to be associated with this condition. Due to the severity o...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Hendriksz CJ,Al-Jawad M,Berger KI,Hawley SM,Lawrence R,Mc Ardle C,Summers CG,Wright E,Braunlin E

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatitis-associated protein (PAP) is currently discussed as a marker in newborn screening (NBS) for cystic fibrosis (CF). However, it is not known if PAP concentrations are influenced by sex, gestational age, birth weight, blood transfusion or time of collection and what this would mean for NBS for CF. ...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Vernooij-van Langen AM,Loeber JG,Elvers B,Triepels RH,Roefs J,Gille JJ,Reijntjens S,Dompeling E,Dankert-Roelse JE

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Life expectancy of patients with glycogen storage disease (GSD) type I has improved considerably, opening new problems correlated with adult age. In females polycystic ovaries (PCOs) has been described as frequently associated with the disease, however successful pregnancies have been reported. Whether or no...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Sechi A,Deroma L,Lapolla A,Paci S,Melis D,Burlina A,Carubbi F,Rigoldi M,Di Rocco M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome (BVVLS [MIM 211530]) is a rare neurological disorder characterized by infancy onset sensorineural deafness and ponto-bulbar palsy. Mutations in SLC52A3 (formerly C20orf54), coding for riboflavin transporter 2 (hRFT2), have been identified as the molecular genetic correlate in several ...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Haack TB,Makowski C,Yao Y,Graf E,Hempel M,Wieland T,Tauer U,Ahting U,Mayr JA,Freisinger P,Yoshimatsu H,Inui K,Strom TM,Meitinger T,Yonezawa A,Prokisch H

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lesch-Nyhan disease (LND) is caused by complete deficiency of the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase enzyme. It is characterized by overproduction of uric acid, jointly with severe motor disability and self-injurious behaviour which physiopathology is unknown. These neurological manifestations suggest a dy...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： García MG,Puig JG,Torres RJ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess clinical features and general health status of adult patients with mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) VI. METHODS:This report includes the clinical history of patients older than 18 years with slowly progressing MPS VI and the retrospective analysis of the outcomes of available data collected between Sept...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Thümler A,Miebach E,Lampe C,Pitz S,Kamin W,Kampmann C,Link B,Mengel E

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Internet searches on health topics are common, but not enough is known about online use during serious health concerns. The aim of this study was to investigate parents' internet use and responses to online information following the referral of their newborn screen-positive infants. METHODS:Forty-four paren...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： DeLuca JM,Kearney MH,Norton SA,Arnold GL

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many European countries neonatal screening has been introduced over the last 50 years as an important public health programme. Depending on health care structure, available funds, local politics, input from professional groups, parent groups, and the general public this introduction has led to different approaches ...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Loeber JG,Burgard P,Cornel MC,Rigter T,Weinreich SS,Rupp K,Hoffmann GF,Vittozzi L

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Riboflavin and ubiquinone (Coenzyme Q(10), CoQ(10)) deficiencies are heterogeneous groups of autosomal recessive conditions affecting both children and adults. Riboflavin (vitamin B(2))-derived cofactors are essential for the function of numerous dehydrogenases. Genetic defects of the riboflavin transport have been de...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Horvath R

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defects of the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system are frequent causes of neurological disorders in children. Linkage analysis and DNA sequencing identified a new founder p.G250V substitution in the C20ORF7 complex I chaperone in five Ashkenazi Jewish patients from two families with a combined OXPH...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Saada A,Edvardson S,Shaag A,Chung WK,Segel R,Miller C,Jalas C,Elpeleg O

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopa decarboxylase (DDC or AADC) is a pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the decarboxylation of L-aromatic amino acids into the corresponding aromatic amines. AADC deficiency is an inborn error of neurotransmitters biosynthesis with an autosomal recessive inheritance. About 30 pathogenic muta...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Montioli R,Cellini B,Borri Voltattorni C

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mucopolysaccharidoses (MPSs) are inherited lysosomal storage disorders caused by the absence of functional enzymes that contribute to the degradation of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). The progressive systemic deposition of GAGs results in multi-organ system dysfunction that varies with the particular GAG deposited and...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Braunlin EA,Harmatz PR,Scarpa M,Furlanetto B,Kampmann C,Loehr JP,Ponder KP,Roberts WC,Rosenfeld HM,Giugliani R

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the gene encoding thymidine phosphorylase and is characterized by external ophthalmoparesis, gastrointestinal dysmotility, leukoencephalopathy, and neuropathy. The availability of new therapeutic opt...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Filosto M,Scarpelli M,Tonin P,Testi S,Cotelli MS,Rossi M,Salvi A,Grottolo A,Vielmi V,Todeschini A,Fabrizi GM,Padovani A,Tomelleri G

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:In pilot studies of the usefulness of solid state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in characterizing chemical and molecular structural effects of alkaptonuria on connective tissue, we have obtained (13) C spectra from articular cartilage from an AKU patient. An apparently normal anatomical location yi...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Chow WY,Taylor AM,Reid DG,Gallagher JA,Duer MJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biomarker is an analyte indicating the presence of a biological process linked to the clinical manifestations and outcome of a particular disease. In the case of lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs), primary and secondary accumulating metabolites or proteins specifically secreted by storage cells are good candidates f...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Aerts JM,Kallemeijn WW,Wegdam W,Joao Ferraz M,van Breemen MJ,Dekker N,Kramer G,Poorthuis BJ,Groener JE,Cox-Brinkman J,Rombach SM,Hollak CE,Linthorst GE,Witte MD,Gold H,van der Marel GA,Overkleeft HS,Boot RG

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 31 year old woman who had prenatal carrier screening for Ashkenazi Jewish (AJ) genetic diseases and was found to have two acid ß-glucosidase (GBA) mutations, c.1226A>G(p.N370S) and c.1448T>C(p.L444P), consistent with the diagnosis of Type 1 Gaucher disease (GD1). This genotype typically manifests in late-a...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Balwani M,Grace ME,Desnick RJ

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the issues to be resolved in phenylketonuria is whether patients with mild hyperphenylalaninemia need treatment, or in other words, in what patients treatment needs to be started. Do patients need treatment when phenylalanine concentrations in blood are >360 μmol/L or >600 μmol/L? This paper reviews the literat...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： van Spronsen FJ

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaucher disease (GD) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by defective function of glucocerebrosidase. GD presents a wide spectrum of manifestations, and patients and their relatives may develop neurological abnormalities more frequently than the general population. This study aims to determine the presenc...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Giraldo P,Capablo JL,Alfonso P,Garcia-Rodriguez B,Latre P,Irun P,de Cabezon AS,Pocovi M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase 1 (PYCR1) catalyzes the last step in proline synthesis. Deficiency of PYCR1, caused by a defect in PYCR1, was recently described in patients with cutis laxa, intrauterine growth retardation, developmental dysplasia of the hips and mental retardation. In this paper, we describe additio...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Kretz R,Bozorgmehr B,Kariminejad MH,Rohrbach M,Hausser I,Baumer A,Baumgartner M,Giunta C,Kariminejad A,Häberle J

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a few rare diseases, specialised studies in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are required to identify the underlying metabolic disorder. We aimed to explore the possibility of detecting key synaptic proteins in the CSF, in particular dopaminergic and gabaergic, as new procedures that could be useful for both pathophysiolo...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Duarte ST,Ortez C,Pérez A,Artuch R,García-Cazorla A

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Variations in the gene ACADS, encoding the mitochondrial protein short-chain acyl CoA-dehydrogenase (SCAD), have been observed in individuals with clinical symptoms. The phenotype of SCAD deficiency (SCADD) is very heterogeneous, ranging from asymptomatic to severe, without a clear genotype-phenotype correla...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Schmidt SP,Corydon TJ,Pedersen CB,Vang S,Palmfeldt J,Stenbroen V,Wanders RJ,Ruiter JP,Gregersen N

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cobalamin C (Cbl-C) defect is the most common inborn cobalamin metabolism error; it causes impaired conversion of dietary vitamin B12 into its two metabolically active forms, methylcobalamin and adenosylcobalamin. Cbl-C defect causes the accumulation of methylmalonic acid and homocysteine and decreased methionine synt...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Martinelli D,Deodato F,Dionisi-Vici C

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 32-year-old patient who, from age 7 months, developed photophobia, left-eye ptosis and progressive muscular weakness. At age 7 years, she showed normal psychomotor development, bilateral ptosis and exercise-induced weakness with severe acidosis. Basal blood and urine lactate were normal, increasing dramat...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Quintana E,Pineda M,Font A,Vilaseca MA,Tort F,Ribes A,Briones P

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations into the biochemical markers associated with executive function (EF) impairment in children with early and continuously treated phenylketonuria (ECT-PKU) remain largely phenylalanine-only focused, despite experimental data showing that a high phenylalanine:tyrosine (phe:tyr) ratio is more strongly assoc...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Sharman R,Sullivan KA,Young RM,McGill JJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fabry disease is an X-linked inherited lysosomal storage disorder caused by an inborn deficiency of the enzyme α-galactosidase A. Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) with agalsidase alpha or beta isozymes is an effective treatment. Cross-reactivity of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies with agalsidase alpha and beta has b...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Tanaka A,Takeda T,Hoshina T,Fukai K,Yamano T

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) caused by mutations in the hydroxymethylbilane synthase gene (HMBS), has been reported in almost all human populations, with varying frequencies. A founder effect for a few specific mutations in geographic regions where prevalence is high (Sweden, The Netherlands, Switzerland) has be...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Paradisi I,Arias S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:This report describes the clinical, biochemical and molecular data of a 78-year-old patient with xanthine dehydrogenase deficiency presenting as rheumatoid arthritis. BACKGROUND:Xanthinuria type I is a rare disorder of purine metabolism caused by xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) deficiency; fewer than 150 cases...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Jurecka A,Stiburkova B,Krijt J,Gradowska W,Tylki-Szymanska A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article documents both the neurological and physical outcomes of the first published set of siblings undergoing transplantation at differing ages for α-mannosidosis. The older brother, the index case, was diagnosed at the age of 3 years and underwent transplantation at 13 years for the treatment of increasing som...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Broomfield AA,Chakrapani A,Wraith JE

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Niemann-Pick disease type C2 (NPC2) is caused by the inherited deficiency of a lysosomal cholesterol transport protein, NPC2 protein. Many cases of NPC2 present in early infancy with inflammatory lung disease, with subsequent severe neurological disease and death in early childhood. This disease is theoretically corre...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Bonney DK,O'Meara A,Shabani A,Imrie J,Bigger BW,Jones S,Wraith JE,Wynn RF

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotinidase deficiency is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder included in many newborn screening programmes. Prior to the introduction of screening for biotinidase deficiency in Sweden in 2002, the disorder was almost unknown, with only one case diagnosed clinically. Biotinidase activity was measured in dried bl...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Ohlsson A,Guthenberg C,Holme E,von Döbeln U

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The different long-chain fatty acid oxidation defects present with similar heterogeneous clinical phenotypes of different severity. Organs mainly affected comprise the heart, liver, and skeletal muscles. All symptoms are reversible with sufficient energy supply. In some long-chain fatty acid oxidation defects, disease...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Spiekerkoetter U

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newborn screening (NBS) for cystic fibrosis (CF) offers the opportunity for early diagnosis and improved outcomes in patients with CF and has been universally available in the state of Massachusetts since 1999 using an immunoreactive trypsinogen (IRT)-DNA algorithm. Ideally, CF NBS is incorporated as part of an integr...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Hale JE,Parad RB,Dorkin HL,Gerstle R,Lapey A,O'Sullivan BP,Spencer T,Yee W,Comeau AM

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latin America includes more than 40 countries and possessions, and its population of 570 million has an important representation of the three main human races. The area is experiencing an economic improvement, progressively bringing the inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) to a higher level among health priorities. Chall...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Giugliani R

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00