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Hamdi Y, Mighri N, Boujemaa M, Mejri N, Ben Nasr S, Ben Rekaya M, et al.
Front Oncol . 2021 Sep; 11:674965. PMID: 34490083
Background: Breast cancer is the world's most common cancer among women. It is becoming an increasingly urgent problem in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where a large fraction of women...
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Nabouli I, Chikhaoui A, Othman H, Elouej S, Jones M, Lagarde A, et al.
Front Genet . 2021 Jun; 12:650639. PMID: 34135938
Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP) is a rare genetic disorder affecting the nucleotide excision repair system (NER). It is characterized by an extreme sensitivity to sunlight that induces cutaneous disorders such as...
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Ben Haj Ali A, Messaoud O, Elouej S, Talmoudi F, Ayed W, Mellouli F, et al.
Front Genet . 2021 Mar; 12:610050. PMID: 33679882
Populations in North Africa (NA) are characterized by a high rate of consanguinity. Consequently, the proportion of founder mutations might be higher than expected and could be a major cause...
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Romdhane L, Mezzi N, Dallali H, Messaoud O, Shan J, Fakhro K, et al.
NPJ Genom Med . 2021 Jan; 6(1):3. PMID: 33420067
Copy number variation (CNV) is considered as the most frequent type of structural variation in the human genome. Some CNVs can act on human phenotype diversity, encompassing rare Mendelian diseases...
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Alosaimi S, Bandiang A, van Biljon N, Awany D, Thami P, Tchamga M, et al.
Brief Funct Genomics . 2019 Dec; 19(1):49-59. PMID: 31867604
In silico DNA sequence generation is a powerful technology to evaluate and validate bioinformatics tools, and accordingly more than 35 DNA sequence simulation tools have been developed. With such a...
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Ben Haj Ali A, Amouri A, Sayeb M, Makni S, Hammami W, Naouali C, et al.
Mol Genet Genomic Med . 2019 May; 7(7):e00694. PMID: 31124294
Background: Several studies have shown a high rate of consanguinity and endogamy in North African populations. As a result, the frequency of autosomal recessive diseases is relatively high in the...
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Sayeb M, Riahi Z, Laroussi N, Bonnet C, Romdhane L, Mkaouar R, et al.
Int J Dermatol . 2019 Apr; 58(12):1439-1443. PMID: 31020658
Background: Co-occurrence of two genetic diseases is challenging for accurate diagnosis and genetic counseling. The recent availability of whole exome sequencing (WES) has dramatically improved the molecular diagnosis of rare...
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Zaouak A, Abdessalem G, Mkaouar R, Messaoud O, Abdelhak S, Hammami H, et al.
Int J Dermatol . 2019 Apr; 58(7):e135-e137. PMID: 30968397
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Naifar M, Kallel F, Hadjkacem F, Boudabous H, Kallel R, Boudawara T, et al.
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol . 2019 Mar; 42(6):e499-e502. PMID: 30870388
Background: Typically, patients with Acid Sphingomyelinase Deficiency (ASMD) because of p.Arg610del mutation, have mild phenotype with normal linear growth. Observation: We reported the case of 2 Tunisian brothers who have...
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Chikhaoui A, Elouej S, Nabouli I, Jones M, Lagarde A, Rekaya M, et al.
Front Genet . 2019 Mar; 10:111. PMID: 30838033
Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder due to a defect in the nucleotide excision repair (NER) DNA repair pathway, characterized by severe sunburn development of freckles, premature...