Genetic loci associated with lipid concentrations and cardiovascular risk factors in the Korean population.

abstract：:Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is associated with the expansion and instability of a trinucleotide (CTG) repeat at the DM locus on chromosome 19. Direct genomic analysis in the German population was carried out on 18 DM families, six families with equivocal diagnosis, 69 subjects with equivocal clinical diagnosis, and 100 co...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Meiner A,Wolf C,Carey N,Okitsu A,Johnson K,Shelbourne P,Kunath B,Sauermann W,Thiele H,Kupferling P

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We report a 34-year-old Japanese female with a Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS)-like phenotype and a mosaic Turner syndrome karyotype (45,X/46,XX). METHODS/RESULTS:Molecular studies including methylation analysis of 17 differentially methylated regions (DMRs) on the autosomes and the XIST-DMR on the X chromo...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Yamazawa K,Nakabayashi K,Kagami M,Sato T,Saitoh S,Horikawa R,Hizuka N,Ogata T

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The most commonly reported phenotypes described in patients with PTEN mutations are Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome (BRRS), with childhood onset, macrocephaly, lipomas and developmental delay, and Cowden Syndrome (CS), an adult-onset condition recognised by mucocutaneous signs, with a risk of cancers, in p...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Lachlan KL,Lucassen AM,Bunyan D,Temple IK

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most useful markers for the prenatal diagnosis of myotonic dystrophy (DM) are APOC2 and CKM, both of which map proximal to DM. In order to produce other markers useful for DM, we have screened genomic DNA libraries constructed from cell line 20XP3542-1-4, which contains 20 to 30 Mb of human material including APOC...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Brook JD,Harley HG,Walsh KV,Rundle SA,Siciliano MJ,Harper PS,Shaw DJ

更新日期：1991-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Limb development is a complex process requiring proper spatio-temporal expression of a network of limb specific morphogens. Grem1 and Fmn1 play an important role in mouse and chick limb development. The mouse limb deformity (ld) phenotype with digit reduction, syndactyly, radio-ulnar synostosis, variable ren...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Dimitrov BI,Voet T,De Smet L,Vermeesch JR,Devriendt K,Fryns JP,Debeer P

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 5%-10% of breast cancers are due to genetic predisposition caused by germline mutations; the most commonly tested genes are BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations. Some mutations are unique to one family and others are recurrent; the spectrum of BRCA1/BRCA2 mutations varies depending on the geographical origins, popu...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Kwong A,Shin VY,Ho JC,Kang E,Nakamura S,Teo SH,Lee AS,Sng JH,Ginsburg OM,Kurian AW,Weitzel JN,Siu MT,Law FB,Chan TL,Narod SA,Ford JM,Ma ES,Kim SW

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:We have performed linkage analysis in seven Italian families, in which mild osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) segregated as a dominant trait, by means of six DNA restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) of type I collagen genes. OI type I was linked to the alpha 1(I) gene (COL1A1) in two families, and to the alpha...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Mottes M,Cugola L,Cappello N,Pignatti PF

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is characterised by brittle bones and caused by mutations in the type I collagen genes, COL1A1 and COL1A2. We identified a mutation in the carboxyl-terminal propeptide coding region of one COL1A1 allele in an infant who died with an OI phenotype that differed from the usual lethal form and...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Pace JM,Chitayat D,Atkinson M,Wilcox WR,Schwarze U,Byers PH

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using DNA samples obtained from two unrelated patients, diagnosed as having familial dysalbuminaemic hyperthyroxinaemia (FDH), exons 1-14 which span the entire coding region of the human serum albumin (HSA) gene were amplified by the polymerase chain reaction. The sequence of each of the 14 DNA fragments was then dete...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Petersen CE,Scottolini AG,Cody LR,Mandel M,Reimer N,Bhagavan NV

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Orofacial cleft (OFC) is the most prevalent craniofacial birth defect. Genes involved in one-carbon, folate and vitamin B12 metabolisms have been associated with OFC but no study performed a concomitant assessment on genes involved in these three pathways. OBJECTIVE:We looked for potential genetic variants ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Goffinet L,Oussalah A,Guéant-Rodriguez RM,Chery C,Basha M,Avogbe PH,Josse T,Jeannesson E,Rouyer P,Flayac J,Gerard P,Le Touze A,Bonin-Goga B,Goga D,Simon E,Feillet F,Vikkula M,Guéant JL

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Previous reports cite high costs of clinical cancer genetic testing as main barriers to patient's willingness to test. We report findings of a pilot study that evaluates how different subsidy schemes impact genetic testing uptake and total cost of cancer management. METHODS:We included all patients who attende...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Li ST,Yuen J,Zhou K,Binte Ishak ND,Chen Y,Met-Domestici M,Chan SH,Tan YP,Allen JC Jr,Lim ST,Soo KC,Ngeow J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of migraine with aura (MA) have shown familial aggregation of the disorder, which cannot be explained by simple mendelian inheritance. The interest in a genetic basis for the disorder has increased after identification of three genetic loci for familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM), which is a rare subtype of MA ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Ulrich V,Gervil M,Kyvik KO,Olesen J,Russell MB

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is presented of calculating recurrence risks at a disease locus where there is information from flanking marker loci. This method uses output from the computer programme LIPED. Information from carrier detection tests and mutation at the disease locus can be taken into account in certain pedigrees. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Winter RM

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5 day old male with bilateral anophthalmos, hypospadias, bifid scrotum, micrognathia, and cleft palate with normal chromosomes is described. There have been two case reports with similar clinical manifestations but associated with interstitial deletion of 14q (q22q23). We propose that either our patient represents a...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Phadke SR,Sharma AK,Agarwal SS

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alport syndrome is a clinically heterogeneous, progressive nephropathy caused by mutations in collagen IV genes, namely COL4A3 and COL4A4 on chromosome 2 and COL4A5 on chromosome X. The wide phenotypic variability and the presence of incomplete penetrance suggest that a simple Mendelian model cannot complete...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Mencarelli MA,Heidet L,Storey H,van Geel M,Knebelmann B,Fallerini C,Miglietti N,Antonucci MF,Cetta F,Sayer JA,van den Wijngaard A,Yau S,Mari F,Bruttini M,Ariani F,Dahan K,Smeets B,Antignac C,Flinter F,Renieri A

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary ciliary dyskinesia is an autosomal recessive condition characterised by chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, and subfertility. Situs inversus occurs in 50% of cases (Kartagener syndrome). It has an estimated incidence of 1 in 20 000 live births. The clinical phenotype is caused by defective ciliary function asso...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Meeks M,Walne A,Spiden S,Simpson H,Mussaffi-Georgy H,Hamam HD,Fehaid EL,Cheehab M,Al-Dabbagh M,Polak-Charcon S,Blau H,O'Rawe A,Mitchison HM,Gardiner RM,Chung E

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Tousled-like kinases 1 and 2 (TLK1 and TLK2) are involved in many fundamental processes, including DNA replication, cell cycle checkpoint recovery and chromatin remodelling. Mutations in TLK2 were recently associated with 'Mental Retardation Autosomal Dominant 57' (MRD57, MIM# 618050), a neurodevelopme...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Pavinato L,Villamor-Payà M,Sanchiz-Calvo M,Andreoli C,Gay M,Vilaseca M,Arauz-Garofalo G,Ciolfi A,Bruselles A,Pippucci T,Prota V,Carli D,Giorgio E,Radio FC,Antona V,Giuffrè M,Ranguin K,Colson C,De Rubeis S,Dimartino

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The fragile X syndrome is a common cause of mental impairment. In view of the low reproductive fitness of affected males, the high incidence of the syndrome has been suggested to be the result of a high rate of new mutations occurring exclusively in the male germline. Extensive family studies, however, have failed to ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Hirst MC,Knight SJ,Christodoulou Z,Grewal PK,Fryns JP,Davies KE

更新日期：1993-08-01 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：:After the publication of evidence of the existence of a DNA polymorphism closely linked to the gene for Huntington's disease, attitudes towards predictive testing for Huntington's disease were evaluated in Belgium in a group of persons who are at risk for the disease and in a smaller group of their partners. The perce...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Evers-Kiebooms G,Cassiman JJ,van den Berghe H

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to relate the age at onset of Huntington's disease to parental factors, the effects of parental onset-age (Po) and the age of the transmitting parent at the birth of a subsequently affected child (Pc) have been examined in a sample of cases ascertained from Victorian kindreds. There was a significant pos...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Brackenridge CJ,Teltscher B

更新日期：1975-03-01 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：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：:The appropriate ABH-gene specified glycosyltransferases in the plasma of the Birmingham chimaera were estimated. These observatiions and the demonstration of A1Leb blood group specific glycosphingolipid in the plasma indicate that the minority population of red blood cells probably represents the true blood groups of ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bird GW,Battey DA,Greenwell P,Mortimer CW,Watkins WM,Wingham J

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Isolated cytochrome c oxidase (COX) deficiency is usually associated with mutations in several factors involved in the biogenesis of COX. METHODS:We describe a patient with atypical, long surviving Leigh syndrome carrying two novel mutations in the COX15 gene, which encodes an enzyme involved in the biosynt...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bugiani M,Tiranti V,Farina L,Uziel G,Zeviani M

更新日期：2005-05-01 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

authors： Billingsley G,Bin J,Fieggen KJ,Duncan JL,Gerth C,Ogata K,Wodak SS,Traboulsi EI,Fishman GA,Paterson A,Chitayat D,Knueppel T,Millán JM,Mitchell GA,Deveault C,Héon E

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cole-Carpenter syndrome (CCS) is commonly classified as a rare Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) disorder. This was following the description of two unrelated patients with very similar phenotypes who were subsequently shown to have a heterozygous missense mutation in P4HB. OBJECTIVES:Here, we report a 3-year ol...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Balasubramanian M,Padidela R,Pollitt RC,Bishop NJ,Mughal MZ,Offiah AC,Wagner BE,McCaughey J,Stephens DJ

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A child is presented with a 49,XXXXX chromosomal constitution bringing to 12 the total number of children described with this karyotype. Comparison of this child's features with previously reported cases indicates a clinically recognisable specific pattern of malformations referred to as the penta-X syndrome. X chromo...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Monheit A,Francke U,Saunders B,Jones KL

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00