AUNX1, a novel locus responsible for X linked recessive auditory and peripheral neuropathy, maps to Xq23-27.3.

abstract：:It is well known that subjects homozygous for a rare silent allele of ADA may experience a severe combined immunodeficiency. By analogy we have investigated the possible relationship of normal ADA polymorphism with some situations, such as reproductive defects and fetomaternal interactions, in which immunological mech...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bottini E,Carapella E,Cataldi L,Nicotra M,Lucarelli P,Lucarini N,Pascone R,Gloria-Bottini F

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven patients with congenital cutis laxa are presented. The associated features include developmental delay, joint laxity, wide anterior fontanelle, growth retardation, dental caries, and osteopenia. The heterogeneity and inheritance of congenital cutis laxa are discussed. This particular syndrome appears distinct an...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Patton MA,Tolmie J,Ruthnum P,Bamforth S,Baraitser M,Pembrey M

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that the G-allele of MDM2 SNP309 (T/G) in the p53 tumour suppressor pathway can accelerate tumorigenesis and alter the risk of various cancers in women and not in men. In this report, data are presented from two independent groups of patients that suggest that the G-allele of SNP309 accelerat...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bond GL,Menin C,Bertorelle R,Alhopuro P,Aaltonen LA,Levine AJ

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genetic study has been performed on five adrenoleucodystrophy families using DNA probes from Xq28. Members of each family had previously been tested for carrier status using the biochemical assay for very long chain fatty acids (VLCFAs), but several persons at risk had equivocal results. DNA analysis with four DNA p...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Del Mastro RG,Bundey S,Kilpatrick MW

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE) is an autosomal recessive multisystem disorder caused by thymidine phosphorylase (TP) deficiency, resulting in severe gastrointestinal dysmotility and skeletal muscle abnormalities. A patient is reported with a classical MNGIE clinical presentation but with...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Szigeti K,Wong LJ,Perng CL,Saifi GM,Eldin K,Adesina AM,Cass DL,Hirano M,Lupski JR,Scaglia F

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of some endocrine tumours, such as medullary thyroid carcinomas, phaeochromocytomas, anterior pituitary adenomas, and parathyroid adenomas involve a putative tumour suppressor gene located on chromosome 1p32-pter, a region that represents 111 cM. In order to refine the location of this gene, 93 endocri...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Williamson C,Pannett AA,Pang JT,Wooding C,McCarthy M,Sheppard MN,Monson J,Clayton RN,Thakker RV

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mean paternal age at birth of 80 presumed mutant cases of dominant osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) was significantly higher than that of population controls and remained so after adjusting for maternal age. There was also an increase in mean maternal age (not significant) which disappeared after adjusting for paterna...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Carothers AD,McAllion SJ,Paterson CR

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The BglII polymorphism near the constant region of the T cell receptor beta chain (TCR c beta) has been investigated in normal controls, patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), and CF carriers. A significant increase was found in the frequency of the 10.0:9.2 kb heterozygous genotype in the CF carrier group (71%) as compa...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： McMillan SA,Hill AJ,Graham CA,Nevin NC,Fay AC

更新日期：1989-07-01 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 child with ambiguous genitalia, brought up phenotypically male, had a 46,XX/46,XY karyotype. At laparotomy, he had a left sided ovary and uterus, and a right sided scrotal testis. The 46,XX line made up 50% of cells in the blood and 90% of cells in a skin biopsy. There were no cytogenetic polymorphisms. Analysis of ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Green AJ,Barton DE,Jenks P,Pearson J,Yates JR

更新日期：1994-10-01 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：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：:We report a female case of orofaciodigital syndrome type I (OFD I) associated with polycystic kidneys and agenesis of the corpus callosum. She had chronic renal failure requiring maintenance dialysis and significant neurological deficits. Her mother had less severe OFD I associated with polycystic kidneys but her rena...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Connacher AA,Forsyth CC,Stewart WK

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pysiological tremor was measured in 14 pairs of monozygotic twins, 14 pairs of dizygotic twins, and 14 pairs of control subjects matched for age and sex. Postural finger tremor was measured in each pair using a sub-miniature accelerometer and subjecting the amplified signals to power spectral analysis. Significant gen...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Tyrer PJ,Kasriel J

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enzyme deficiencies of the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system may be caused by mutations in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) or in the nuclear DNA. OBJECTIVE:To analyse the sequences of the mtDNA coding region in 25 patients with OXPHOS system deficiency to identify the underlying genetic defect. RESUL...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Hinttala R,Smeets R,Moilanen JS,Ugalde C,Uusimaa J,Smeitink JA,Majamaa K

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family of male limited gonadotrophin independent precocious puberty was examined for activating mutation of the LH receptor. A transition of A to G in nucleotide 1733 of the human LH receptor gene was identified in all affected males and in an unaffected carrier female. The mutation was shown by identifying a new re...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Kawate N,Kletter GB,Wilson BE,Netzloff ML,Menon KM

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reviewed published reports on patients with segmental aneusomy for chromosome 1p36 to help geneticists and other health professionals in the recognition of this emerging chromosomal syndrome. Terminal deletions of the short arm of chromosome 1 are associated with hypotonia and developmental delay (usually seve...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Slavotinek A,Shaffer LG,Shapira SK

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：: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

authors： Lupi A,Rossi A,Campari E,Pecora F,Lund AM,Elcioglu NH,Gultepe M,Di Rocco M,Cetta G,Forlino A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal hypokinesia or akinesia encompasses a broad spectrum of disorders, united by impaired movement in utero. Often, the underlying aetiology is genetic in origin, affecting part of the neuromuscular system. The affordable and high-throughput nature of next-generation DNA sequencing has led to an explosion in disease...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Beecroft SJ,Lombard M,Mowat D,McLean C,Cairns A,Davis M,Laing NG,Ravenscroft G

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a group of genetic diseases characterised by tooth enamel defects. AI was recently described in patients with familial hypercalciuria and hypomagnesaemia with nephrocalcinosis (FHHNC) caused by CLDN16 mutations. In the kidney, claudin-16 interacts with claudin-19 to control th...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Yamaguti PM,Neves FA,Hotton D,Bardet C,de La Dure-Molla M,Castro LC,Scher MD,Barbosa ME,Ditsch C,Fricain JC,de La Faille R,Figueres ML,Vargas-Poussou R,Houillier P,Chaussain C,Babajko S,Berdal A,Acevedo AC

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：: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

authors： Ryan AK,Goodship JA,Wilson DI,Philip N,Levy A,Seidel H,Schuffenhauer S,Oechsler H,Belohradsky B,Prieur M,Aurias A,Raymond FL,Clayton-Smith J,Hatchwell E,McKeown C,Beemer FA,Dallapiccola B,Novelli G,Hurst JA,Ignatius

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is characterised by hundreds of colorectal adenomas. Endocrine neoplasms have occasionally been reported, as have gastric polyps, which are usually hamartomatous in the fundus of the stomach and adenomatous in the antrum. A 57 year old man with colorectal, gastric, and periampullar...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Kartheuser A,Walon C,West S,Breukel C,Detry R,Gribomont AC,Hamzehloei T,Hoang P,Maiter D,Pringot J,Rahier J,Khan PM,Curtis A,Burn J,Fodde R,Verellen-Dumoulin C

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 64Cu incorporation into uncloned fibroblast cultures from 16 Menkes disease mothers and 19 first and second degree female relatives was examined. The mean incorporation for the Menkes disease mothers (36.2 +/- 3.6 SEM) differed significantly from that of 25 normal subjects (21.7 +/- 0.9 SEM) suggesting the presenc...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Horn N

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acrocallosal syndrome (ACLS) is a rare recessive disorder characterised by corpus callosum agenesis or hypoplasia, craniofacial dysmorphism, duplication of the hallux, postaxial polydactyly, and severe mental retardation. Recently, we identified mutations in KIF7, a key component of the Sonic hedgehog pathwa...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Putoux A,Nampoothiri S,Laurent N,Cormier-Daire V,Beales PL,Schinzel A,Bartholdi D,Alby C,Thomas S,Elkhartoufi N,Ichkou A,Litzler J,Munnich A,Encha-Razavi F,Kannan R,Faivre L,Boddaert N,Rauch A,Vekemans M,Attié-Bitac

更新日期：2012-11-01 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

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：:The main purpose of this study was to see if the offspring of surviving neuroblastoma, ganglioneuroblastoma, or ganglioneuroma patients have themselves a risk for developing tumours. No such risk was found. There was a total of 45 liveborn children who were all healthy. These children have passed through about 37 life...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bundey S,Evans K

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents the detection of a heterozygous deletion at chromosome 12q14 in three unrelated patients with a similar phenotype consisting of mild mental retardation, failure to thrive in infancy, proportionate short stature and osteopoikilosis as the most characteristic features. In each case, this interstitia...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Menten B,Buysse K,Zahir F,Hellemans J,Hamilton SJ,Costa T,Fagerstrom C,Anadiotis G,Kingsbury D,McGillivray BC,Marra MA,Friedman JM,Speleman F,Mortier G

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid PCR based assay was used to ascertain the presence of maternal cell contamination (MCC) in amniotic fluid cell cultures and to exclude MCC in cases where cytogenetic analysis was possible only from one primary cell culture. Six 6-carboxyfluorescein (FAM) and three 6-carboxyfluorescein hexachloride (HEX) labell...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Smith GW,Graham CA,Nevin J,Nevin NC

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00