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ey0016.3-11 | New Genes | ESPEYB16

3.11. Homozygous loss-of-function mutations in SLC26A7 cause goitrous congenital hypothyroidism

H Cangul , XH Liao , E Schoenmakers , J Kero , S Barone , P Srichomkwun , H Iwayama , EG Serra , H Saglam , E Eren , O Tarim , AK Nicholas , I Zvetkova , CA Anderson , FEK Frankl , K Boelaert , M Ojaniemi , J Jaaskelainen , K Patyra , C Lof , ED Williams , Consortium UK10K , M Soleimani , T Barrett , ER Maher , VK Chatterjee , S Refetoff , N Schoenmakers

To read the full abstract: JCI Insight. 2018 Oct 18;3(20). pii: 99631.This paper describes a new form of goitrous congenital hypothyroidism associated with mutations in the solute carrier family 26 member 7 gene (SLC26A7) in 6 unrelated families. In patients, a partial iodide organification defect (PIOD) with normal iodide uptake was observed, hence these mutations cause a new f...

ey0016.14-14 | (1) | ESPEYB16

14.14. Prenatal exome sequencing analysis in fetal structural anomalies detected by ultrasonography (PAGE): a cohort study

J Lord , DJ McMullan , RY Eberhardt , G Rinck , SJ Hamilton , E Quinlan-Jones , E Prigmore , R Keelagher , SK Best , GK Carey , R Mellis , S Robart , IR Berry , KE Chandler , D Cilliers , L Cresswell , SL Edwards , C Gardiner , A Henderson , ST Holden , T Homfray , T Lester , RA Lewis , R Newbury-Ecob , K Prescott , OW Quarrell , SC Ramsden , E Roberts , D Tapon , MJ Tooley , PC Vasudevan , AP Weber , DG Wellesley , P Westwood , H White , M Parker , D Williams , L Jenkins , RH Scott , MD Kilby , LS Chitty , ME Hurles , ER Maher

To read the full abstract: Lancet 2019;393:747–757. .This large prospective cohort study recruited from 34 UK fetal medicine units to evaluate the use of prenatal whole genome sequencing in 610 fetuses with a structural abnormality detected on antenatal ultrasound scanning and no chromosomal abnormality. Overall, a diagnostic genetic mutation ...

ey0015.2-2 | International consensus on Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome | ESPEYB15

International consensus on Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome

F Brioude , JM Kalish , A Mussa , AC Foster , J Bliek , GB Ferrero , SE Boonen , T Cole , R Baker , M Bertoletti , G Cocchi , C Coze , M De Pellegrin , K Hussain , A Ibrahim , MD Kilby , M Krajewska-Walasek , CP Kratz , EJ Ladusans , P Lapunzina , Y Le Bouc , SM Maas , F Macdonald , K Õunap , L Peruzzi , S Rossignol , S Russo , C Shipster , A Skórka , Tatton-Brown , J Tenorio , C Tortora , K Grønskov , I Netchine , RC Hennekam , D Prawitt , Z Tümer , T Eggermann , DJG Mackay , A Riccio , ER Maher

To read the full abstract: Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2018 Apr;14(4):229-249Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a growth disorder characterized by neonatal hypoglycemia, macrosomia, macroglossia, hemihyperplasia, omphalocele, embryonal tumors (e.g., Wilms tumor, hepatoblastoma, neuroblastoma, and rhabdomyosarcoma), visceromegaly, adrenocortical cytomegaly, renal abnormalities (e.g., medullary dysplas...