Abstract:
:We report the occurrence of progressive Brown-Séquard syndrome as the presenting clinical feature of cervical spondylosis in a young patient with Stickler's syndrome.
journal_name
J Med Genetjournal_title
Journal of medical geneticsauthors
Noël S,Balériaux D,Telerman-Toppet Ndoi
10.1136/jmg.29.3.200keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
1992-03-01 00:00:00pages
200-2issue
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0022-2593issn
1468-6244journal_volume
29pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Two neonates with limb-body wall complex (LBWC) and complete absence of the external genitalia are presented. Our patients are the sixth and seventh cases of complete absence of the external genitalia recorded in English publications and the first two cases associated with LBWC. The incidence of complete absence of th...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/jmg.25.5.340
更新日期:1988-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Recent epidemiological interest has focused on separation of neural tube defects (NTD) into subgroups which may differ pathogenetically and aetiologically, for example, 'upper' and 'lower' spina bifida. In order to validate the use of pathologists' lesion descriptions by epidemiologists and others, a postal survey of ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.30.11.942
更新日期:1993-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Current technologies for delivering gene testing are labour-intensive and expensive. Over the last 3 years, new high-throughput DNA sequencing techniques (next generation sequencing; NGS), with the capability to analyse multiple genes or entire genomes, have been rapidly adopted into research. This study exa...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2012-100847
更新日期:2012-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::We present clinical data on 558 patients with deletions within the DiGeorge syndrome critical region of chromosome 22q11. Twenty-eight percent of the cases where parents had been tested had inherited deletions, with a marked excess of maternally inherited deletions (maternal 61, paternal 18). Eight percent of the pati...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1136/jmg.34.10.798
更新日期:1997-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Deletions of chromosome 19 have rarely been reported, with the exception of some patients with deletion 19q13.2 and Blackfan-Diamond syndrome due to haploinsufficiency of the RPS19 gene. Such a paucity of patients might be due to the difficulty in detecting a small rearrangement on this chromosome that lacks...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 信件
doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.062034
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Over the last few years, array-comparative genomic hybridisation (CGH) has considerably improved our ability to detect cryptic unbalanced rearrangements in patients with syndromic mental retardation. METHOD:Molecular karyotyping of six patients with syndromic mental retardation was carried out using whole-g...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2009.069732
更新日期:2010-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.32.12.982
更新日期:1995-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::An X-linked pattern of transmission observed in four families with familial mental retardation in several generations was associated with a probable secondary constriction at the distal end of the q arms of the X chromosome. Twenty retarded males and no retarded females were observed. All available live retarded males...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.14.1.46
更新日期:1977-02-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2009.067850
更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Three sisters with gonadoblastoma and an 46,XY karyotype are presented. This observation suggests that heredity may play an important role in the genesis of the tumour. ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.14.3.194
更新日期:1977-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Prolidase deficiency (PD) is a rare autosomal recessive connective tissue disorder caused by mutations in the prolidase gene. The PD patients show a wide range of clinical outcomes characterised mainly by intractable skin ulcers, mental retardation and recurrent respiratory infections. Here we describe five different ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2006.043315
更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Bardet-Biedl syndrome is a pleiotropic disorder with 14 BBS genes identified. BBS1, BBS2, BBS4, BBS5, BBS7, BBS8, and BBS9 form a complex called the BBSome, which is believed to recruit Rab8(GTP) to the primary cilium and promote ciliogenesis. The second group, the chaperonin-like proteins BBS6, BBS10, and B...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2009.073205
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Mutations in TSC1 or TSC2 cause the tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a disorder characterised by the development of hamartomas or benign tumours in various organs as well as the variable presence of epilepsy, intellectual disability (ID) and autism. TSC1, TSC2 and the recently described protein TBC1D7 form ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2013-101680
更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mitochondria play a central role in the secretion of insulin by pancreatic beta-cells, and pathogenic mutations of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) can cause diabetes. The aetiology of type 2 diabetes has a strong genetic component, raising the possibility that genetic variants of mtDNA alter the risk of developing the disor...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2007.048876
更新日期:2007-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Primary hereditary microcephaly (MCPH) comprises a large group of autosomal recessive disorders mainly affecting cortical development and resulting in a congenital impairment of brain growth. Despite the identification of >25 causal genes so far, it remains a challenge to distinguish between different MCPH f...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2019-106474
更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The genetic causes of human idiopathic non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) with meiotic arrest remain unclear. METHODS:Two Chinese families with infertility participated in the study. In family 1, two brothers were affected by idiopathic NOA. In family 2, the proband was diagnosed with idiopathic NOA, and his...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2020-107042
更新日期:2020-09-08 00:00:00
abstract::Placental lead levels were studied in a series of Birmingham births classified by stillbirth, neonatal death, or survival beyond one week. There was an appreciable range of lead levels even in normal births (0.15-3.56 microgram/g) but nevertheless average results showed a pronounced excess of lead in those who failed ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.14.5.339
更新日期:1977-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::A child was brought to us with multiple anomalies. On examination we found an interstitial deletion in the long arms of chromosome 1. We studied genetic and chromosome markers, comparing our clinical and cytogenetic findings with other reported cases of chromosome 1 interstitial deletion. ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.17.6.483
更新日期:1980-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Neurofibromatosis and myotonic dystrophy have occurred in ten members of a nonconsanguineous family with a high degree of concordance. The expression of neurofibromatosis is peripheral, and the expression of myotonic dystrophy has produced at least moderately severe disability. Neither disease has appeared to alter th...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.18.2.134
更新日期:1981-04-01 00:00:00
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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.32.5.396
更新日期:1995-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report an 18 year old female with a de novo ring chromosome 3 found after investigation for short stature. Her karyotype was interpreted as 46,XX, r(3)(p26.2q29). Her phenotype is milder than previously reported cases and illustrates the mild end of the spectrum of the ring chromosome 3 phenotype. ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.28.8.536
更新日期:1991-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report on two brothers and one maternal cousin with severe mental retardation, microcephaly, short stature, cryptorchidism, and spastic diplegia. The patients were born to normal and non-consanguineous parents. All other members of the family, almost exclusively females, were clinically normal, suggesting X linked ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.35.4.284
更新日期:1998-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:In hereditary cancer syndrome families with an identified cancer associated mutation, mutation testing changes the carrier risk status of the tested person and may change the carrier risk status of relatives. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to describe the change in the distribution of carrier risk status resulting...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1136/jmg.40.8.591
更新日期:2003-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::A panel of five multiallelic and highly informative dinucleotide CA repeat markers flanking the APC gene was used for presymptomatic diagnosis of familial adenomatous polyposis coli (FAP). Marker regions were amplified by PCR. DNA fragments were separated by electrophoresis in denaturing polyacrylamide gels and visual...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.31.6.442
更新日期:1994-06-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.25.8.550
更新日期:1988-08-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2020-106905
更新日期:2020-07-27 00:00:00
abstract::HLA and Gm typing were carried out in 16 families. Seven families included 10 sib pairs with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD) respectively, and nine families included 16 sib pairs with RA and circulating thyroid autoantibodies respectively. Eight, 11, and seven sib pairs with either RA or...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.22.6.451
更新日期:1985-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The high prevalence of tobacco use in some developing nations, including Bangladesh, poses several public health challenges for these populations. Smoking behaviour is determined by genetic and environmental factors; however, the genetic determinants of smoking behaviour have not been previously examined in ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2013-102151
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency (CMMRD) syndrome is a childhood cancer predisposition syndrome involving biallelic germline mutations of MMR genes, poorly recognised by clinicians so far. METHODS:Retrospective review of all 31 patients with CMMRD diagnosed in French genetics laboratories in order ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2015-103299
更新日期:2015-11-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2020-106963
更新日期:2020-06-22 00:00:00