Research News: PPL-WG New Publications

New collaborative publications have been published these last months by the Chairs of VASCERN Pediatric and Primary Lymphedema Working Group, Dr. Robert Damstra and Prof. Sahar Mansour and her HCP substitute representative, Prof Peter Mortiner:

Circumferential suction-assisted lipectomy in the treatment of primary and secondary end-stage lymphoedema of the leg.

Lamprou DA, Voesten HG, Damstra RJ, Wikkeling OR.

Br J Surg. 2017 Jan;104(1):84-89. doi: 10.1002/bjs.10325.

Novel mutations in PIEZO1 cause an autosomal recessive generalized lymphatic dysplasia with non-immune hydrops fetalis.

Fotiou E, Martin-Almedina S, Simpson MA, Lin S, Gordon K, Brice G, Atton G, Jeffery I, Rees DC, Mignot C, Vogt J, Homfray T, Snyder MP, Rockson SG, Jeffery S, Mortimer PS, Mansour S, Ostergaard P.

Nat Commun. 2015 Sep 3;6:8085. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9085.

EPHB4 kinase-inactivating mutations cause autosomal dominant lymphatic-related hydrops fetalis.

Martin-Almedina S, Martinez-Corral I, Holdhus R, Vicente A, Fotiou E, Lin S, Petersen K, Simpson MA, Hoischen A, Gilissen C, Jeffery H, Atton G, Karapouliou C, Brice G, Gordon K, Wiseman JW, Wedin M, Rockson SG, Jeffery S, Mortimer PS, Snyder MP, Berland S, Mansour S, Makinen T, Ostergaard P.

The lymphatic phenotype in Noonan and Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome.

Joyce S, Gordon K, Brice G, Ostergaard P, Nagaraja R, Short J, Moore S, Mortimer P, Mansour S.

Eur J Hum Genet. 2016 May;24(5):690-6. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.175.