Chromosome survey of total population of mentally subnormal in North-East of Scotland.

abstract：:Oguchi disease is a rare autosomal recessive form of congenital stationary night blindness. The condition is associated with fundus discolouration and abnormally slow dark adaptation. Earlier studies suggested that the 48 kD protein S antigen may be involved in the recovery phase of light transduction. Previous cytoge...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Maw MA,John S,Jablonka S,Müller B,Kumaramanickavel G,Oehlmann R,Denton MJ,Gal A

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and radiographic evaluation of an infant boy and his father revealed findings suggesting a new variant of spondylometaphyseal dysplasia with an apparently autosomal dominant mode of inheritance. The main clinical findings included short stature and marked ligamentous laxity in the infant. X-ray findings inclu...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： García-Castro JM,Isales-Forsythe CM,Díaz de Garau P

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family study is presented in which the father of a girl with severe cystic fibrosis (CF) was also found to have CF but was mildly affected. He was diagnosed with three positive sweat tests including one after suppression with fludrocortisone. Genetic analysis showed that he is a compound heterozygote with the delta ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Barreto C,Pinto LM,Duarte A,Lavinha J,Ramsay M

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To illustrate the variable clinical presentations and rates of progression in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC), phenotypes and genotypes were compared in three FHC families with different genetic defects. In the first family, the FHC abnormality was a protein truncating mutation (Gln969X) in the cardiac myos...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Yu B,French JA,Jeremy RW,French P,McTaggart DR,Nicholson MR,Semsarian C,Richmond DR,Trent RJ

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary multiple exostoses (HME) is a genetically heterogeneous autosomal dominant disorder characterised by the development of bony protuberances mainly located on the long bones. Three HME loci have been mapped to chromosomes 8q24 (EXT1), 11p11-13 (EXT2), and 19p (EXT3). The EXT1 and EXT2 genes encode glycosyltra...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Francannet C,Cohen-Tanugi A,Le Merrer M,Munnich A,Bonaventure J,Legeai-Mallet L

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Medullary cystic kidney disease 2 (MCKD2) and familial juvenile hyperuricaemic nephropathy (FJHN) are both autosomal dominant renal diseases characterised by juvenile onset of hyperuricaemia, gout, and progressive renal failure. Clinical features of both conditions vary in presence and severity. Often defi...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Hart TC,Gorry MC,Hart PS,Woodard AS,Shihabi Z,Sandhu J,Shirts B,Xu L,Zhu H,Barmada MM,Bleyer AJ

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to identify a gene(s) susceptible to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), we conducted a genome-wide association (GWA) study by genotyping 159 patients with IPF and 934 controls for 214 508 tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). We further evaluated selected SNPs in a replication sample set (83 cases and...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Mushiroda T,Wattanapokayakit S,Takahashi A,Nukiwa T,Kudoh S,Ogura T,Taniguchi H,Kubo M,Kamatani N,Nakamura Y,Pirfenidone Clinical Study Group.

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:We report on three Dutch children with a clinical diagnosis of oculoauriculovertebral spectrum (OAVS) and hydrocephalus. The clinical features are compared to 15 published cases of OAVS and hydrocephalus. Several other cerebral abnormalities were present in the whole group. About half of the cases had cleft lip/palate...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Schrander-Stumpel CT,de Die-Smulders CE,Hennekam RC,Fryns JP,Bouckaert PX,Brouwer OF,da Costa JJ,Lommen EJ,Maaswinkel-Mooy PD

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), also known as Kennedy's disease, is an X-linked motor neuron disorder caused by an expanded CAG repeat in the gene coding for the androgen receptor (AR). The range and significance of reduced penetrance alleles in SBMA has not been fully determined to date. We prese...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Laskaratos A,Breza M,Karadima G,Koutsis G

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a child with typical features of the 3-M syndrome who presented with acute hydrocephalus owing to haemorrhage from one of two intracranial cerebral vascular aneurysms. We suggest that other children with this disorder should be screened for similar complications. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Mueller RF,Buckler J,Arthur R,Bonsor G,Dear P,Walters K,Towns GM

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence in a family of an isolated case of an autosomal dominant disorder with reduced penetrance presents a difficult problem in genetic counselling. It is shown that in such a situation the risk of recurrence in subsequent offspring is given by: (formula; see text) where P is the penetrance (0 less than P les...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Emery AE

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) is a severe autosomal recessive inborn error of glyoxylate metabolism caused by deficiency of the hepatic peroxisomal enzyme alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase. This enzyme is encoded by the AGXT gene on chromosome 2q37.3. DNA samples from 79 PH1 patients were studied using single s...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： von Schnakenburg C,Rumsby G

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Usher syndrome type I is an autosomal recessive disease characterised by congenital sensorineural deafness, involvement of the vestibular system, and progressive visual loss owing to retinitis pigmentosa. Here we report the association of this disease with bronchiectasis, chronic sinusitis, and reduced nasal mucocilia...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bonneau D,Raymond F,Kremer C,Klossek JM,Kaplan J,Patte F

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with partial monosomy of the short arm of chromosome 8 are described. Their clinical features were very similar. Comparison with previously reported patients confirms the existence of an 8p- syndrome. The importance of cytogenetic investigations in all infants with major congenital heart defect and facial...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bröcker-Vriends AH,Mooij PD,van Bel F,Beverstock GC,van de Kamp JJ

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in technology have led to a massive expansion in the capacity for genomic analysis, with a commensurate fall in costs. The clinical indications for genomic testing have evolved markedly; the volume of clinical sequencing has increased dramatically; and the range of clinical professionals involved in the proce...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Garrett A,Callaway A,Durkie M,Cubuk C,Alikian M,Burghel GJ,Robinson R,Izatt L,Talukdar S,Side L,Cranston T,Palmer-Smith S,Baralle D,Berry IR,Drummond J,Wallace AJ,Norbury G,Eccles DM,Ellard S,Lalloo F,Evans DG,W

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In type I familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) caused by a variant Met30-transthyretin (TTR), genetic anticipation has been reported. To determine whether anticipation of the disease is a true biological phenomenon or the result of ascertainment bias, we compared age at onset of the affected child with that of the af...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Yamamoto K,Ikeda S,Hanyu N,Takeda S,Yanagisawa N

更新日期：1998-01-01 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 female child with multiple vertebral and rib abnormalities is described. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Young ID,Moore JR

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genetic complexity of infantile cardiomyopathies is remarkable, and the importance of mitochondrial translation defects as a causative factor is only starting to be recognised. We investigated the genetic basis for infantile onset recessive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in two siblings. METHODS AND RESULT...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Carroll CJ,Isohanni P,Pöyhönen R,Euro L,Richter U,Brilhante V,Götz A,Lahtinen T,Paetau A,Pihko H,Battersby BJ,Tyynismaa H,Suomalainen A

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ICF syndrome is a rare disorder where patients show undercondensation of the heterochromatic blocks of chromosomes 1, 9, and 16 along with variable immunodeficiency. The undercondensation of the heterochromatic block appears to be restricted to a portion of PHA stimulated T cells. Patients with this syndrome also ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Stacey M,Bennett MS,Hulten M

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-six women fulfilling specific selection criteria were studied for germline mutations in two breast cancer susceptibility genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, using the protein truncation test (PTT). Nine germline mutations were identified, six in BRCA1 and three in BRCA2. Of the six BRCA1 mutations, three have previously be...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Garvin AM,Attenhofer-Haner M,Scott RJ

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The APC gene was investigated in 31 unrelated polyposis coli families by SSCP analysis and the protein truncation test. Twenty-three germline mutations were identified which gave rise to a variety of different phenotypes. Some of these mutations have already been described; however we report six previously unpublished...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Dobbie Z,Spycher M,Mary JL,Häner M,Guldenschuh I,Hürliman R,Amman R,Roth J,Müller H,Scott RJ

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clefts of the lip and palate are common birth defects, affecting approximately 1 in 700 births worldwide. The aetiology of clefting is complex, with multiple genetic and environmental influences. METHODS:Genotype based linkage disequilibrium analysis was conducted using the family based association test (FB...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Warrington A,Vieira AR,Christensen K,Orioli IM,Castilla EE,Romitti PA,Murray JC

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intellectual disability (ID) is one of the most common forms of disability worldwide, displaying a wide range of aetiologies and affecting nearly 2% of the global population. OBJECTIVE:To describe a novel autosomal recessive form of ID with strabismus and its underlying aetiology. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Aut...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Alazami AM,Hijazi H,Al-Dosari MS,Shaheen R,Hashem A,Aldahmesh MA,Mohamed JY,Kentab A,Salih MA,Awaji A,Masoodi TA,Alkuraya FS

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish national clinical guidelines and integrated care pathways for five conditions (tuberous sclerosis (TS), Huntington's disease (HD), myotonic dystrophy (MD), neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), and Marfan syndrome (MS)) and audit their use in Scotland. DESIGN:Systematic review of published reports fol...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Campbell H,Bradshaw N,Davidson R,Dean J,Goudie D,Holloway S,Porteous M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a seasonal trend in the birth distribution has been reported in cystic fibrosis (CF), this finding is still very controversial. The birth distribution of 113 patients with cystic fibrosis born in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean (complete ascertainment) was analysed using two different statistical methods. Our results sh...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Daigneault J,Aubin G,Simard F,De Braekeleer M

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart-hand syndromes are a heterogeneous group of genetic disorders characterised by the association of congenital cardiac disease and limb deformities. Laminopathies are a group of diseases caused by mutations in the LMNA gene encoding A-type lamins. RESULTS:We report a new LMNA mutation (c.1609-12T>G, IVS...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Renou L,Stora S,Yaou RB,Volk M,Sinkovec M,Demay L,Richard P,Peterlin B,Bonne G

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Results of a Scandinavian genome scan in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) have recently been reported. Among the novel, not previously reported chromosomal regions showing linkage to T1D was a region on chromosome 21. OBJECTIVE:To fine map this region on chromosome 21. METHODS AND RESULTS:The linked region w...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bergholdt R,Nerup J,Pociot F

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with a typical Down syndrome (DS) phenotype and a normal karyotype was studied by FISH. Using painting probes, we found that the patient had partial trisomy of chromosome 21 owing to an unbalanced translocation t(15;21) (q26; q22.1) of paternal origin. To correlate genotype with phenotype as accurately as po...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Nadal M,Moreno S,Pritchard M,Preciado MA,Estivill X,Ramos-Arroyo MA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00