PostMI syndrome Dressler's syndrome

DubinJohnson Syndrome and Rotor's Syndrome

Behet's Syndrome

Milkalkali syndrome

IPEX Syndrome

Tumorigenesis in Down's syndrome: big lessons from a small chromosome

Individuals with Down's syndrome have an increased risk of developing leukaemia in childhood, but they also have a significantly reduced risk of developing most solid tumours. However, Down's syndrome...

Neurodevelopmental disorders: When more is less?

Increased levels of Down syndrome cell adhesion protein, a common feature in Down syndrome and fragile X syndrome, cause synaptic targeting errors and impaired perception of mechanical stimuli in flie...

Learning Deficit Reduced By Prenatal Intervention In Mice, Down Syndrome Characteristics Improved

Mice with a condition that serves as a laboratory model for Down syndrome perform better on memory and learning tasks as adults if they were treated before birth with neuroprotective peptides, accordi...

Settings standards for research into Rett syndrome

(International Rett Syndrome Foundation) There is an urgent need for new drugs to treat Rett syndrome, a rare and severe neurological disease mainly affecting girls. A bottleneck in drug development f...

Molecular roots of Down syndrome unraveled

What is it about the extra chromosome inherited in Down syndrome -- chromosome 21 -- that alters brain and body development? Researchers have new evidence that points to the protein SNX27. SNX27 is in...

Metabolic Syndrome Affects Cognition in Obese Teens

Obese teens with metabolic syndrome score lower on IQ, spelling, and math tests than their counterparts who do not have metabolic syndrome. Medscape Medical News

Mutations in the TGF-β repressor SKI cause Shprintzen-Goldberg syndrome with aortic aneurysm

Harry Dietz and colleagues report the identification of mutations in SKI in Shprintzen-Goldberg syndrome, which shares features with Marfan syndrome and Loeys-Dietz syndrome. SKI encodes a known repre...

Lithium restores cognitive function in Down syndrome mice

Down syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is the leading cause of genetically defined intellectual disability. In the brain, Down syndrome results in alterations in the connections between n...

The scaphocapitate fracture syndrome: report of a case and a review of the literature.

The Fenton's syndrome or scaphocapitate fracture syndrome has been described since 1950. This severe and uncommon injury occurs after a high-energy trauma of the wrist. This syndrome associated the fr...

Successful delayed surgical treatment of a scaphocapitate fracture.

The scaphocapitate fracture syndrome is a rare entity of a perilunate fracture-dislocation. The diagnosis is frequently missed at initial presentation to a physician. Usually, a CT scan is required to...

HELLP in the second trimester in a patient with antiphospholipid syndrome.

The syndrome of haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets (HELLP) is estimated to occur in 0.01-0.2% of pregnancies and is considered a severe form of preeclampsia. It is associated with co...

Macular dystrophy in kabuki syndrome: a new clinical feature?

Kabuki syndrome is a rare and genetically heterogenous condition that has both systemic and ophthalmic complications. Macular dystrophy has not previously been noted in conjunction with this syndrome....

Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome and Associated Medical Conditions With an Emphasis on Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

PURPOSE: We characterized and compared the impact of clinical phenotypic associations between interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome and controls in relation to potentially related conditions,...