Canine disorder mirrors human disease: exonic deletion in HES7 causes autosomal recessive spondylocostal dysostosis in miniature Schnauzer dogs.

Spondylocostal dysostosis is a congenital disorder of the axial skeleton documented in human families from diverse racial backgrounds.The condition is characterised by truncal shortening, extensive hemivertebrae and rib anomalies including malalignment, fusion and reduction in number.Mutations in the Notch signalling pathway genes DLL3, MESP2, LFNG

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Casuistic Use of High-Dose Methylprednisolone in a Child with Acute Encephalopathy due to Metabolic Crisis in HIBCH Deficiency

Abstract 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase deficiency (HIBCHD) is a rare metabolic disease.Early symptoms include poor feeding, seizures, hypotonia and impaired psychomotor development.Acute metabolic crisis can cause encephalopathy with high risk of neurological sequelae or death.Casuistic, we here report a nine-year old Danish girl with HIBCHD tr

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