Today is Rare Disease Day! The main objective of Rare Disease Day is to raise awareness amongst the general public and decision-makers about rare diseases and their impact on patients’ lives. Bohring-Opitz syndrome is a rare genetic condition. Up to date worldwide there are only 35 cases reported. When a child is diagnosed with this syndrome,…
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German living in The Netherlands together with my husband and mother of four, writing about the rare disease Bohring-Opitz Syndrome (BOS) of my first born son at bohring-opitz.org and founder of the BOS support group on Facebook.
Wilms tumor and BOS
At the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics on October 18-22, 2014, in San Diego, CA present Russel, B. et al. five previously unpublished patients with mutations in ASXL1. “With the occurrence of bilateral Wilms tumor in one of the patients, screening renal ultrasounds were recommended to the other patients. This led to the…
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A new Family story The dream of one’s own child…who doesn’t dream about it? So, mum and dad. They had to wait so long for me. And what do they do, these expectant parents? They look forward … (read more about Jannis)
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A new Family story! Kylee’s diagnosis was undetermined until late last year(2013) when her test results came back positive for Bohring Opitz Syndrome. Kylee was born with … (read more about Kylee)
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Bohring-Opitz Syndrome/ASXL1 