OBJECTIVES To examine the molecular pathogenetic mechanisms, (epi)genotype-phenotype correlation, and the performance of the three clinical scoring systems-namely Netchine et al, Bartholdi et al, and Birmingham scores-for patients with Silver-Russell syndrome in Hong Kong. METHODS This retrospective case series was conducted at two tertiary genetic clinics, the Clinical Genetic Service, Depar...

Introduction Existing literature and the popular press have lauded the digital revolution as a force that is democratizing traditional forms of journalism and destabilizing media power hierarchies. This paper aims to refute such claims of enhanced democracy through the lens of Fashion Journalism as it responds to the digital age. Questions of democracy have heretofore been debated principally w...

Russell-Silver syndrome is a rare heterogeneous disorder mainly characterized by intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, craniofacial disproportion, clinodactyly, variation in urogenital development, and skeletal asymmetry. It is rare to come across tethered cord-associated Russell-Silver syndrome. We report a rare case of Russell-Silver syndrome associated with low conus medullaris in a...

The Meaning in Isolation Thesis features prominently in Russell’s writings on definite descriptions.1 In those writings Russell sets out to defend the view that definite descriptions “never have any meaning in themselves.” (Russell, 1905, pg. 42) He proceeds to say that a definite description “is essentially part of a sentence, and does not, like most single words, have any significance on its ...