Absence of BRAF mutations in UV-protected mucosal melanomas.

abstract：:A child with the Tel Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome is reported. Although muscle weakness and hypoplasia are reported features of this syndrome, further investigation of muscle function has not previously been carried out. We report a raised creatine kinase and an abnormal electromyogram and muscle biopsy in this syn...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Patton MA,McDermot KD,Lake BD,Baraitser M

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I (Hurler's syndrome) was diagnosed in an 18 week old fetus of a woman with 1 affected child by direct assay of glycosaminoglycans in amniotic fluid. Subsequently the fetus was aborted by hysterotomy and diagnosis was confirmed by analyzing glycosaminoglycans in fetal liver, electron microg...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Crawfurd M,Dean MF,Hunt DM,Johnson DR,MacDonald RR,Muir H,Wright EA,Wright CR

更新日期：1973-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:BRCA1 and BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) variants classified ambiguously as variants of uncertain significance (VUS) are a major challenge for clinical genetic testing in breast cancer; their relevance to the cancer risk is unclear and the association with the response to specific BRCA1/2-targeted agents is uncertain. To m...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Lee JS,Oh S,Park SK,Lee MH,Lee JW,Kim SW,Son BH,Noh DY,Lee JE,Park HL,Kim MJ,Cho SI,Lee YK,Park SS,Seong MW

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Antley-Bixler syndrome has been thought to be caused by an autosomal recessive gene. However, patients with this phenotype have been reported with a new dominant mutation at the FGFR2 locus as well as in the offspring of mothers taking the antifungal agent fluconazole during early pregnancy. In addition to the cra...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Reardon W,Smith A,Honour JW,Hindmarsh P,Das D,Rumsby G,Nelson I,Malcolm S,Adès L,Sillence D,Kumar D,DeLozier-Blanchet C,McKee S,Kelly T,McKeehan WL,Baraitser M,Winter RM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clubfoot is a common congenital birth defect with complex inheritance patterns. Currently, the genetic and morphological basis of clubfoot is poorly understood. To identify genetic risk factors associated with clubfoot, we performed a genome-wide association study of common genetic variants. METHODS:The DNA...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Zhang TX,Haller G,Lin P,Alvarado DM,Hecht JT,Blanton SH,Stephens Richards B,Rice JP,Dobbs MB,Gurnett CA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 Gaucher disease families were studied in an attempt to establish a phenotype/genotype correlation in affected persons and also to identify carriers accurately. In the Portuguese type 1 Gaucher patients, screening for mutations N370S, L444P, R463C, and 1066 + 1 G-->A allowed the identification of 85% of the alle...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Amaral O,Fortuna AM,Lacerda L,Pinto R,Sa Miranda MC

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of unilateral giant breasts from two unrelated families are described. Three of the patients were managed surgically. It is speculated from a review of available published reports that this condition may be genetic with an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Badejo OA

更新日期：1984-04-01 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：:In 1986, a population study of school children in the city of Coventry gave an overall prevalence in males and females for fragile X syndrome of 1/952. The 29 children diagnosed as having fragile X syndrome in this study have been re-evaluated with molecular diagnostic techniques. Eighteen of the original 29 children ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Morton JE,Bundey S,Webb TP,MacDonald F,Rindl PM,Bullock S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A baby with a 46,XY,r(20) karyotype is described. The distinguishing features of this rare chromosome anomaly are analysed in the light of the suggested r(20) syndrome. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Porfirio B,Valorani MG,Giannotti A,Sabetta G,Dallapiccola B

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a female infant with mental retardation and some of the phenotypic features of Williams-Beuren syndrome. Chromosome analysis showed t(X;21)(q28;q11). Diagnosis, inactivation of the X chromosome, and possible involvement of the translocation breakpoints in the pathogenesis of this syndrome are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Telvi L,Pinard JM,Ion R,Sinet PM,Nicole A,Feingold J,Dulac O,Pompidou A,Ponsot G

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The apolipoprotein E (ApoE) polymorphism has been well studied in the adult human population, in part because the e4 allele is a known risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. Little is known of the distribution of ApoE alleles in newborns, and their association with perinatal brain damage has not been investiga...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Becher JC,Keeling JW,McIntosh N,Wyatt B,Bell J

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Somatic mutations are a major driver of cancer development and many have now been identified in various cancer types, but the comprehensive somatic mutation status of the normal tissues matched to tumours has not been revealed. METHOD:We analysed the somatic mutations of whole exome sequencing data in 392 p...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Oh JH,Sung CO

更新日期：2020-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A variant chromosome 4 with a large G positive heterochromatic block is described and discussed in relation to chromosome 4 heteromorphisms observed with other banding techniques. The extra heterochromatin is C positive and fluoresces brilliantly with Q banding, but differs from Yqh with some methods of staining. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Docherty Z,Bowser-Riley SM

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE AND SCOPE:The aim of this Position Statement is to provide recommendations for Canadian medical geneticists, clinical laboratory geneticists, genetic counsellors and other physicians regarding the use of genome-wide sequencing of germline DNA in the context of clinical genetic diagnosis. This statement has been...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Boycott K,Hartley T,Adam S,Bernier F,Chong K,Fernandez BA,Friedman JM,Geraghty MT,Hume S,Knoppers BM,Laberge AM,Majewski J,Mendoza-Londono R,Meyn MS,Michaud JL,Nelson TN,Richer J,Sadikovic B,Skidmore DL,Stockley T,

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a primary disorder of haem biosynthesis that is chemically characterised by raised urinary porphobilinogen (PBG). A defect in the biochemical pathway at the step of PBG conversion to uroporphyrinogen has been shown to be a result of a partial deficiency of the enzyme uroporphyrino...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Lamon JM,Frykholm BC,Tschudy DP

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, a patient with maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 16 (UPD(16)mat) presenting with Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) phenotype was reported. SRS is characterised by growth failure and dysmorphic features. OBJECTIVE:To clarify the prevalence of UPD(16)mat in aetiology-unknown patients with SRS ph...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Inoue T,Yagasaki H,Nishioka J,Nakamura A,Matsubara K,Narumi S,Nakabayashi K,Yamazawa K,Fuke T,Oka A,Ogata T,Fukami M,Kagami M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 13-year-old girl sought medical advice, saying that for two years it had been increasingly difficult for her to extend her little finger. An examination revealed that all her fingers, with the exception of her thumbs, had no interphalangeal fold. Her mother had less pronounced signs of the same type. This abnormalit...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Lambert D,Nivelon-Chevallier A,Chapuis JL

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A syndrome of brachydactyly (absence of some middle or distal phalanges), aplastic or hypoplastic nails, symphalangism (ankylois of proximal interphalangeal joints), synostosis of some carpal and tarsal bones, craniosynostosis, and dysplastic hip joints is reported in five members of an Italian family. It may represen...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Ventruto V,Di Girlamo R,Festa B,Romano A,Sebastio G,Sebastio L

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first Scottish family with pycnodysostosis is reported. The clinical and radiological findings in the two affected men are recorded. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Mills KL,Johnston AW

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND BACKGROUND:Mutations in the TARDBP gene, which encodes the TAR DNA binding protein (TDP-43), have been described in individuals with familial and sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We screened the TARDBP gene in 285 French sporadic ALS patients to assess the frequency of TARDBP mutations in ALS. RE...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Daoud H,Valdmanis PN,Kabashi E,Dion P,Dupré N,Camu W,Meininger V,Rouleau GA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Graves' disease is a female preponderant autoimmune illness and the contribution of the X chromosome to its risk has long been appreciated. However, no X-linked susceptibility loci have been indentified from recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS). METHODS:We re-examined the X chromosome data from our...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Chu X,Shen M,Xie F,Miao XJ,Shou WH,Liu L,Yang PP,Bai YN,Zhang KY,Yang L,Hua Q,Liu WD,Dong Y,Wang HF,Shi JX,Wang Y,Song HD,Chen SJ,Chen Z,Huang W

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify genetic causes of COACH syndrome BACKGROUND:COACH syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterised by Cerebellar vermis hypoplasia, Oligophrenia (developmental delay/mental retardation), Ataxia, Coloboma, and Hepatic fibrosis. The vermis hypoplasia falls in a spectrum of mid-hindbrai...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Doherty D,Parisi MA,Finn LS,Gunay-Aygun M,Al-Mateen M,Bates D,Clericuzio C,Demir H,Dorschner M,van Essen AJ,Gahl WA,Gentile M,Gorden NT,Hikida A,Knutzen D,Ozyurek H,Phelps I,Rosenthal P,Verloes A,Weigand H,Chance

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cowden syndrome, or the multiple hamartoma syndrome, is a familial cancer syndrome with involvement of various organ systems. Inheritance is autosomal dominant with variable expression. Progressive macrocephaly, scrotal tongue, and mild to moderate mental retardation are important signs indicating the syndrome in youn...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Hanssen AM,Fryns JP

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ichthyosis and neurological involvement occur in relatively few known Mendelian disorders caused by mutations in genes relevant both for epidermis and neural function. OBJECTIVES:To identify the cause of a similar phenotype of ichthyotic keratoderma, spasticity, mild hypomyelination (on MRI) and dysmorphic ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Kutkowska-Kaźmierczak A,Rydzanicz M,Chlebowski A,Kłosowska-Kosicka K,Mika A,Gruchota J,Jurkiewicz E,Kowalewski C,Pollak A,Stradomska TJ,Kmieć T,Jakubowski R,Gasperowicz P,Walczak A,Śladowski D,Jankowska-Steifer E,Kornisze

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder. Due to the various manifestations of TSC and their potential complications, a multidisciplinary care approach is recommended by consensus guidelines. OBJECTIVES:Our study aimed to give a complete description of our TSC adult coh...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Pfirmann P,Aupy J,Jambon E,Idier L,Prezelin-Reydit M,Fermis M,Devillard R,Grenier N,Combe C,Rigothier C

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genetic causes of the majority of male and female infertility caused by human non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) and premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) with meiotic arrest are unknown. OBJECTIVE:To identify the genetic cause of NOA and POI in two affected members from a consanguineous Chinese family. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： He WB,Tu CF,Liu Q,Meng LL,Yuan SM,Luo AX,He FS,Shen J,Li W,Du J,Zhong CG,Lu GX,Lin G,Fan LQ,Tan YQ

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a large French-Canadian family with 21 cases of breast cancer, including two affected brothers. Segregation of markers from chromosome 13q in this family showed linkage to the BRCA2 gene locus (lod = 3.67 at D13S289). A number of cancers of other types occurred in this family, including three cases of pr...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Tonin P,Ghadirian P,Phelan C,Lenoir GM,Lynch HT,Letendre F,Belanger D,Monté M,Narod SA

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormalities of the L1CAM gene, a member of the immunoglobulin gene superfamily of neural cell adhesion molecules, are associated with X linked hydrocephalus and some allelic disorders. We describe a patient with X linked hydrocephalus and Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR) with a novel mutation in the L1CAM gene. This is...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Okamoto N,Wada Y,Goto M

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A girl aged 14 years 9 months, overweight, with severe psychomotor retardation, short stature, a sheep-like face, malformed ears, skeletal and dermatoglyphic abnormalities, and partial deletion of the short arm of chromosome 1 is presented. The karyotype was 46,XX,del(1)(qter to p22::p32 to pter). ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bene M,Duca-Marinescu A,Ioan D,Maximilian C

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00