An interstitial deletion of 6p24-p25 proximal to the FKHL7 locus and including AP-2alpha that affects anterior eye chamber development.

abstract：:This report concerns two families in which the index patients are sporadic cases of a benign form of muscular dystrophy. In both families the sisters of the patients have married a close relative. The respective risks for a child of these consanguineous marriages being affected with either X linked Becker muscular dys...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Wolff G,Müller CR,Grimm T

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-year-old boy with macrocephaly, communicating hydrocephalus, and mild hepatosplenomegaly was found to have mild Hunter syndrome (MPS II). Establishment of the latter diagnosis was complicated by the paucity of obvious physical findings because of the patient's young age and his ethnic origin. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Yatziv S,Epstein CJ

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of primary lymphoedema with distichiasis is well recognised, but that the form of lymphoedema appears restricted to bilateral hyperplasia, as defined by lymphography, has not been reported. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Dale RF

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linkage between the locus for cystic fibrosis and other genetic markers was explored in 40 families from Birmingham and 20 from Manchester. No strong evidence was found for linkage with any of the markers examined. There was evidence against close linkage with ABO, HLA, and Rh. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Goodchild MC,Edwards JH,Glenn KP,Grindey C,Harris R,Mackintosh P,Wentzel J

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because the mitochondrial respiratory chain (RC) is ubiquitous, its deficiency can theoretically give rise to any symptom in any organ or tissue at any age with any mode of inheritance, owing to the twofold genetic origin of respiratory enzyme machinery, that is, nuclear and mitochondrial. Not all respirator...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： de Beaurepaire I,Grévent D,Rio M,Desguerre I,de Lonlay P,Levy R,Dangouloff-Ros V,Bonnefont JP,Barcia G,Funalot B,Besmond C,Metodiev MD,Ruzzenente B,Assouline Z,Munnich A,Rötig A,Boddaert N

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Selection for genetic testing of BRCA1/BRCA2 is an important area of healthcare. Although testing costs for mutational analysis are falling, costs in North America remain in excess of US$3000 (UK price can be 690 pounds). Guidelines in most countries use a 10-20% threshold of detecting a mutation in BRCA1/2 ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Evans DG,Lalloo F,Cramer A,Jones EA,Knox F,Amir E,Howell A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-month-old male infant with type I Klein-Waardenburg syndrome with an imperforated anus and a perineal fistula is reported. The possible association of this gastrointestinal malformation with the KW syndrome is discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Nutman J,Nissenkorn I,Varsano I,Mimouni M,Goodman RM

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have previously described an autosomal recessive syndrome of macrocephaly, multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (MED), and distinctive facies in a large, extended Omani family. The MED observed seems to be part of a larger malformation syndrome, since both craniofacial and central nervous system changes were pre...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bayoumi R,Saar K,Lee YA,Nürnberg G,Reis A,Nur-E-Kamal M,Al-Gazali LI

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hirschsprung disease, mental retardation, microcephaly, and specific craniofacial dysmorphism were observed in three children from a large, consanguineous, Moroccan family. A fourth child showed similar clinical features, with the exception of Hirschsprung disease. The association of these abnormalities in these child...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Brooks AS,Breuning MH,Osinga J,vd Smagt JJ,Catsman CE,Buys CH,Meijers C,Hofstra RM

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three sibs out of four, born to unrelated parents, developed early cutaneous photosensitivity and severe colitis. All of them died from untreatable diarrhoea. A fourth boy, whose father was different, did not have the same symptoms. The origin of this syndrome remains unclear and, in particular, no metabolic defect co...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Labrune P,Huguet P,Alagille D,Odievre M

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family is described in which the mother's four pregnancies resulted in one spontaneous abortion, one healthy boy, and a male and female sib with developmental delay and multiple minor dysmorphic features. Chromosome analysis showed a large pericentric inversion of chromosome 10, involving the region between bands p1...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Roberts P,Williams J,Sills MA

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the first comprehensive study, to our knowledge, on genomic chromosomal analysis in syndromic craniosynostosis. In total, 45 patients with craniosynostotic disorders were screened with a variety of methods including conventional karyotype, microsatellite segregation analysis, subtelomeric multiplex ligation...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Jehee FS,Krepischi-Santos AC,Rocha KM,Cavalcanti DP,Kim CA,Bertola DR,Alonso LG,D'Angelo CS,Mazzeu JF,Froyen G,Lugtenberg D,Vianna-Morgante AM,Rosenberg C,Passos-Bueno MR

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles (CFEOM) is a heterogeneous group of disorders that may be associated with other anomalies. The association of a CFEOM syndrome with ulnar hand abnormalities (CFEOM/U) has not been reported to date. OBJECTIVE:To describe a new autosomal recessive syndrome of CFE...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Tukel T,Uzumcu A,Gezer A,Kayserili H,Yuksel-Apak M,Uyguner O,Gultekin SH,Hennies HC,Nurnberg P,Desnick RJ,Wollnik B

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Batten disease is the most common progressive neurodegenerative disorder of childhood in western countries. A novel cDNA responsible for Batten disease has recently been identified. We have developed a rapid diagnostic solid phase minisequencing test to detect the major 1.02 kb deletion which is responsible for 81% of...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Järvelä I,Mitchison HM,Munroe PB,O'Rawe AM,Mole SE,Syvänen AC

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a life-threatening congenital disorder in which the enteric nervous system is completely missing from the distal gut. Recent studies have shown that miR-4516 markedly inhibits cell migration, and as one of its potential targets, MAPK10 functions as a modifier for developing HSC...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Wang Y,Jiang Q,Chakravarti A,Cai H,Xu Z,Wu W,Gu B,Li L,Cai W

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A female with the Weaver syndrome is reported. In addition to the characteristic manifestations of overgrowth and advanced bone age, the facies were typical, with a broad forehead, hypertelorism, a long philtrum, micrognathia, and large ears. Like most other patients with Weaver syndrome, she was developmentally delay...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Thompson EM,Hill S,Leonard JV,Pembrey ME

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dominantly inherited osteogenesis imperfecta is consistently linked to the two loci encoding the alpha 1 and alpha 2 subunits of collagen 1, the predominant bone collagen. We have performed several prenatal diagnoses based on identification of the segregating allele at the concordant locus in chorionic villus samples ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Lynch JR,Ogilvie D,Priestley L,Baigrie C,Smith R,Farndon P,Sykes B

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fryns syndrome (FS) is the commonest autosomal recessive syndrome in which congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a cardinal feature. It has been estimated that 10% of patients with CDH have FS. The autosomal recessive inheritance in FS contrasts with the sporadic inheritance for the majority of patients w...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Slavotinek A,Lee SS,Davis R,Shrit A,Leppig KA,Rhim J,Jasnosz K,Albertson D,Pinkel D

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 39 year old male with primary infertility was diagnosed as having Klinefelter syndrome by conventional cytogenetic analysis, which also showed an abnormal chromosome 12. Fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) analysis of the aberrant chromosome using a 12 specific centromeric probe showed a break in the alphoid r...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Silahtaroglu AN,Hacihanefioglu S,Güven GS,Cenani A,Wirth J,Tommerup N,Tümer Z

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary ciliary dyskinesia is an autosomal recessive condition characterised by chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, and subfertility. Situs inversus occurs in 50% of cases (Kartagener syndrome). It has an estimated incidence of 1 in 20 000 live births. The clinical phenotype is caused by defective ciliary function asso...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Meeks M,Walne A,Spiden S,Simpson H,Mussaffi-Georgy H,Hamam HD,Fehaid EL,Cheehab M,Al-Dabbagh M,Polak-Charcon S,Blau H,O'Rawe A,Mitchison HM,Gardiner RM,Chung E

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether, following predictive genetic testing for familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), children or adults receiving positive results experience clinically significant levels of anxiety or depression, and whether children receiving positive results experience higher levels of anxiety or depression than...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Michie S,Bobrow M,Marteau TM

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome and enzyme determinations were performed in 250 pregnancies between the 7th and the 12th week of gestation. The majority of the tests were performed for risk of chromosomal abnormalities and 75% of the women were 35 years old or more. We describe a chorionic villi sampling (CVS) technique which proved to be...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Brambati B,Simoni G,Danesino C,Oldrini A,Ferrazzi E,Romitti L,Terzoli G,Rossella F,Ferrari M,Fraccaro M

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) is a multisystem disease with a prevalence of 1/4000. Variable expression of congenital and later onset features contributes to its under-recognition. Longevity in those surviving childhood is believed to be normal but data are limited. METHODS:We prospectively followed...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bassett AS,Chow EW,Husted J,Hodgkinson KA,Oechslin E,Harris L,Silversides C

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genomic imprinting is a process causing genes to be expressed according to parental origin. Imprinting acts to coordinate fetal and prenatal growth, as well as control postnatal adaptations. Studies on human imprinting are confounded by tissue availability, sampling variability and limitations posed by tissu...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Lim AL,Ng S,Leow SC,Choo R,Ito M,Chan YH,Goh SK,Tng E,Kwek K,Chong YS,Gluckman PD,Ferguson-Smith AC

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several mutations in the extracellular matrix protein matrilin-3 cause a heterogeneous disease spectrum affecting skeletal tissues. We introduced three disease causing point mutations leading to single amino acid exchanges (R116W, T298M, C299S) in matrilin-3 and expressed the corresponding proteins in primary articula...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Otten C,Wagener R,Paulsson M,Zaucke F

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data on the long-term motor outcomes of genome-wide association study (GWAS)-linked Parkinson disease (PD) carriers are useful for clinical management. OBJECTIVES:To characterise the association between GWAS-linked PARK16 gene variant and disease progression in PD over a 9-year time frame. METHODS:Over a 9...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Deng X,Xiao B,Allen JC,Ng E,Foo JN,Lo YL,Tan LCS,Tan EK

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inherited abnormalities of complement are found in ∼60% of patients with atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (aHUS). Such abnormalities are not fully penetrant. In this study, we have estimated the penetrance of the disease in three families with a CFH mutation (c.3643C>G; p. Arg1215Gly) in whom a common li...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Sansbury FH,Cordell HJ,Bingham C,Bromilow G,Nicholls A,Powell R,Shields B,Smyth L,Warwicker P,Strain L,Wilson V,Goodship JA,Goodship TH,Turnpenny PD

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chromosome 13q deletion is associated with varying phenotypes, which seem to depend on the location of the deleted segment. Although various attempts have been made to link the 13q deletion intervals to distinct phenotypes, there is still no acknowledged consensus correlation between the monosomy of distinct...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Ballarati L,Rossi E,Bonati MT,Gimelli S,Maraschio P,Finelli P,Giglio S,Lapi E,Bedeschi MF,Guerneri S,Arrigo G,Patricelli MG,Mattina T,Guzzardi O,Pecile V,Police A,Scarano G,Larizza L,Zuffardi O,Giardino D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7 year old girl is described with congenital hypoplastic anaemia (Diamond-Blackfan anaemia, DBA) and an apparently balanced reciprocal translocation, 46,XX,t(X;19)(p21;q13). The girl has associated features including short stature, unilateral kidney hypoplasia, and a branchial cyst. Fluorescent in situ hybridisation...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Gustavsson P,Skeppner G,Johansson B,Berg T,Gordon L,Kreuger A,Dahl N

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new dicentric X isochromosome i(X)(pter to q2102 to pter) of similar size to a normal X is described in a girl with gonadal dysgenesis. In this non-mosaic case with an X short arm duplication, most of the stigmata associated with Turner's syndrome were absent. This structure was compared with that of six i(Xq) and t...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Daniel A,Saville T,Southall DB

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00