Introduction: Myocardial noncompaction is thought to be a rare genetic disorder of myocardial morphogenesis. Case Report: We report the case of a 22­year­old male with left ventricular noncompaction, bicuspid aortic valve and ascending aortic dilation. We discuss the genetic basis of myocardial noncompaction and potential etiologies that manifest in hyper­ trabeculated myocardium in the presenc...

Family, twin and adoption studies have provided major evidence for the role of genetics in numerous psychiatric disorders including obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease. As the search for patterns of inheritance and candidate genes of these complex disorders continues, we review relevant findings from q...

background: considering a few studies on the genetic basis of the cystinuria in the middle east and the population-specific distribution of mutations in the slc3a1 , we tried to find genetic variants in three exons (1, 3, and 8) of slc3a1 . materials and methods: in this study, exons 1, 3, and 8 of slc3a1 gene of 25 unrelated cystinuria patients searched for genetic variations by polymerase cha...