CYLD mutations in familial skin appendage tumours.

abstract：:The rare bone thickening disease osteopetrosis occurs in various forms, one of which is accompanied by renal tubular acidosis (RTA), and is known as Guibaud-Vainsel syndrome or marble brain disease. Clinical manifestations of this autosomal recessive syndrome comprise increased bone density, growth failure, intracereb...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Borthwick KJ,Kandemir N,Topaloglu R,Kornak U,Bakkaloglu A,Yordam N,Ozen S,Mocan H,Shah GN,Sly WS,Karet FE

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescents who are actively requesting Huntington's predictive testing of their own accord pose a dilemma to those providing testing. In the absence of empirical evidence as regards the impact of genetic testing on minors, current policy and guidelines, based on the ethical principles of non-maleficence and respect f...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Binedell J,Soldan JR,Scourfield J,Harper PS

更新日期：1996-11-01 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：:The cap capacity in nine Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients and in 23 healthy male subjects (14 adults and nine neonates) has been investigated by inducing capping of HLA molecules. The evaluation of capping percentages ranged in healthy controls from 44 to 61 with a mean value of 53.39 +/- 4.89, while DMD pat...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Sensi A,Venturoli A,Traniello S,Lucci M,Vullo C,Conighi C,Mattiuz PL,Båricordi OR

更新日期：1984-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:The extent which universally common or population-specific alleles can explain between-population variations in phenotypes is unknown. The heritable coronary heart disease risk factor lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) level provides a useful case study of between-population variation, as the aetiology of twofold higher...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Chretien JP,Coresh J,Berthier-Schaad Y,Kao WH,Fink NE,Klag MJ,Marcovina SM,Giaculli F,Smith MW

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:The mitochondrial DNA (mDNA) 3243A>G variant is the most common pathogenic variant of the mDNA. To interpret results of clinical trials in mitochondrial disease, it is important to have a clear understanding of the natural course of disease. To obtain more insight into the disease burden and the progression ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： de Laat P,Rodenburg RR,Roeleveld N,Koene S,Smeitink JA,Janssen MC

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Cenani-Lenz syndrome (CLS) is an autosomal recessive condition characterised by a unique pattern of syndactyly, and variable penetrance of renal agenesis and facial dysmorphism. LRP4 mutations were identified in most, but not all patients with this syndrome, suggesting the presence of at least one additional...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Patel N,Faqeih E,Anazi S,Alfawareh M,Wakil SM,Colak D,Alkuraya FS

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10 1/2 year old female with skeletal abnormalities was referred for genetic consultation because of learning disabilities and a suggestion of 'Turner-like' stigmata. Cytogenetic analysis revealed a paracentric inversion of an X(q13.1q26.1) chromosome. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Herr HM,Horton SJ,Scott CI Jr

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta thalassaemia alleles in 50 beta thalassaemia heterozygotes originating from many parts of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been characterised using the allele specific priming technique of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The IVSI-5 (G-->C) mutation was found to be present in 66%, while six other allel...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Quaife R,al-Gazali L,Abbes S,Fitzgerald P,Fitches A,Valler D,Old JM

更新日期：1994-01-01 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:A variety of abnormalities have been demonstrated at chromosome 11p15 in individuals with overgrowth and growth retardation. The identification of these abnormalities is clinically important but often technically difficult. Methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MS-MLPA) is a ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Scott RH,Douglas J,Baskcomb L,Nygren AO,Birch JM,Cole TR,Cormier-Daire V,Eastwood DM,Garcia-Minaur S,Lupunzina P,Tatton-Brown K,Bliek J,Maher ER,Rahman N

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The features of a baby with lethal perinatal osteogenesis imperfecta (OI-II), resulting from the substitution of tryptophan 94 by cysteine in the carboxyl-terminal propeptide of pro alpha 1 (I) chains of type I procollagen, were studied. The limbs and torso were of normal length, shape, and proportion. Similarly, all ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Cole WG,Chow CW,Bateman JF,Sillence DO

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardio-facio-cutaneous (CFC) syndrome, Noonan syndrome (NS), and Costello syndrome (CS) are clinically related developmental disorders that have been recently linked to mutations in the RAS/MEK/ERK signalling pathway. This study was a mutation analysis of the KRAS, BRAF, MEK1 and MEK2 genes in a total of 130 patients ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Nava C,Hanna N,Michot C,Pereira S,Pouvreau N,Niihori T,Aoki Y,Matsubara Y,Arveiler B,Lacombe D,Pasmant E,Parfait B,Baumann C,Héron D,Sigaudy S,Toutain A,Rio M,Goldenberg A,Leheup B,Verloes A,Cavé H

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：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

authors： O'Sullivan J,Mullaney BG,Bhaskar SS,Dickerson JE,Hall G,O'Grady A,Webster A,Ramsden SC,Black GC

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described to investigate the inheritance of disease predisposition in cancer families. It is an extension of classic genetic linkage analysis, which enables information on loss of constitutional heterozygosity (LOCH) to be incorporated into the model. This adapted model treats LOCH data as additional obser...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Teare MD,Rohde K,Santibáñez Koref MF

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytological and cytogenetic studies were performed on nucleated fetal cells present in chorionic villus transport medium. The erythroblastic origin of these cells was shown. Fetal erythroblasts in spontaneous mitosis were frequently observed; chromosome counts were obtained from them but poor quality often prevented b...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Terzoli G,Cartolano R,Rossella F,Cantù-Rajnoldi A,Brambati B,Fraccaro M,Simoni G

更新日期：1992-10-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Lynch syndrome is known to cause an increased risk of malignancies, including bowel and endometrial cancers. However, the risk of breast cancer associated with mutations in the mismatch repair (MMR) genes that cause Lynch syndrome is still unclear. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This study assesses the cumulative ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Harkness EF,Barrow E,Newton K,Green K,Clancy T,Lalloo F,Hill J,Evans DG

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing interest in the influence of host genetic factors on hepatic fibrosis, and whether genetic markers can reliably identify subjects at risk of developing severe disease. We hypothesised that hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected subjects with progressive fibrosis, classified using strict criteri...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Richardson MM,Powell EE,Barrie HD,Clouston AD,Purdie DM,Jonsson JR

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A recent genetic study in mice and humans revealed the modulatory effect of MC1R (melanocortin-1 receptor) gene variants on kappa-opioid receptor mediated analgesia. It is unclear whether this gene affects basal pain sensitivity or the efficacy of analgesics acting at the more clinically relevant mu-opioid r...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Mogil JS,Ritchie J,Smith SB,Strasburg K,Kaplan L,Wallace MR,Romberg RR,Bijl H,Sarton EY,Fillingim RB,Dahan A

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spontaneous and mitomycin C (MMC) induced sister chromatid exchange (SCE) frequencies were examined in five adults with myotonic dystrophy (MD). There was no significant difference in the spontaneous incidence of SCE between MD patients and controls. However, a significantly enhanced response to the induction of S...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Vijayalaxmi,Emery AE,Evans HJ

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten useful two allele restriction fragment length polymorphisms of the low density lipoprotein receptor gene were used for haplotype analysis in 45 unrelated familial hypercholesterolaemic (FH) patients, 60 normal controls, and 32 FH homozygotes, all of whom were white Afrikaners. Pedigree analysis in 27 informative h...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Kotze MJ,Langenhoven E,Retief AE,Seftel HC,Henderson HE,Weich HF

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a study of 138 index patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and their families, in which the selection of index patients was solely on the basis of their residence in Birmingham. Clinical analysis showed that severe disease was as likely to indicate dominant or non-genetic RP as to indicate recessive disease,...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bundey S,Crews SJ

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormalities of dystrophin, the sarcoglycans, and laminin alpha2 are responsible for a subset of the muscular dystrophies. In this study we aim to characterise the nature and frequency of abnormalities of these proteins in an Australian population and to formulate an investigative algorithm to aid in approaching the ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Jones KJ,Kim SS,North KN

更新日期：1998-05-01 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