Multiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome 3 (MCAHS3) is a rare genetic disorder, characterized by infantile-onset epilepsy, hypotonia, global developmental delay, dysmorphic features, and variable congenital anomalies involving the cardiac, skeletal, and genitourinary systems. It is caused by the homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the phosphatidylinositol glycan class T (PIGT) gene. Only fewer cases were reported in the literature till now.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCleft lip and palate (CLP) is the most common congenital craniofacial anomaly. Rehabilitation of CLP generally requires a team approach. Alveolar and nasal reconstruction for these patients is a challenge for the reconstructive surgeon.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMass spectrometry (MS), particularly electrospray-MS, is the key tool in modern lipidomics. However, as even a modest scale experiment produces a great amount of data, data processing often becomes limiting. Notably, the software provided with MS instruments are not well suited for quantitative analysis of lipidomes because of the great variety of species present and complexities in response calibration.
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