Confirmation of papillary thyroid cancer susceptibility loci identified by genome-wide association studies of chromosomes 14q13, 9q22, 2q35 and 8p12 in a Chinese population.

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 review of the data supports the suggestion of Knox (1974) that the sex ratio and incidence of anencephalics vary together within populations, as they are known to do between populations. There seems some doubts, though, whether Knox was correct in hypothesising that the sex ratio of anencephalics varies with their i...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： James WH

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type R1 (LGMDR1) can be caused by recessive CAPN3 mutations accounting for the majority of LGMD. To date, no systemic evaluation has been performed to analyse the detrimental and normal mutations on CAPN3 and its hotspots. METHODS:CAPN3 variants (n=112) from a total of 124 pat...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Zhong H,Zheng Y,Zhao Z,Lin P,Xi J,Zhu W,Lin J,Lu J,Yu M,Zhang W,Lv H,Yan C,Hu J,Wang Z,Lu J,Zhao C,Yuan Y,Luo S

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Mutations in SCN1A can cause genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+, inherited missense mutations) or Dravet syndrome (DS, de novo mutations of all types). Although the mutational spectra are distinct, these disorders share major features and 10% of DS patients have an inherited SCN1A mutation. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Depienne C,Trouillard O,Gourfinkel-An I,Saint-Martin C,Bouteiller D,Graber D,Barthez-Carpentier MA,Gautier A,Villeneuve N,Dravet C,Livet MO,Rivier-Ringenbach C,Adam C,Dupont S,Baulac S,Héron D,Nabbout R,Leguern E

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The non-POU domain containing octamer-binding gene (NONO) is located on chromosome Xq13.1 and encodes a member of a small family of RNA-binding and DNA-binding proteins that perform a variety of tasks involved in RNA synthesis, transcriptional regulation and DNA repair. Loss-of-function variants in NONO have...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Scott DA,Hernandez-Garcia A,Azamian MS,Jordan VK,Kim BJ,Starkovich M,Zhang J,Wong LJ,Darilek SA,Breman AM,Yang Y,Lupski JR,Jiwani AK,Das B,Lalani SR,Iglesias AD,Rosenfeld JA,Xia F

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 30-50% of patients with colorectal adenomatous polyposis, no germline mutation in the known genes APC, causing familial adenomatous polyposis, MUTYH, causing MUTYH-associated polyposis, or POLE or POLD1, causing polymerase-proofreading-associated polyposis can be identified, although a hereditary aetiolog...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Spier I,Drichel D,Kerick M,Kirfel J,Horpaopan S,Laner A,Holzapfel S,Peters S,Adam R,Zhao B,Becker T,Lifton RP,Perner S,Hoffmann P,Kristiansen G,Timmermann B,Nöthen MM,Holinski-Feder E,Schweiger MR,Aretz S

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To illustrate the variable clinical presentations and rates of progression in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC), phenotypes and genotypes were compared in three FHC families with different genetic defects. In the first family, the FHC abnormality was a protein truncating mutation (Gln969X) in the cardiac myos...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Yu B,French JA,Jeremy RW,French P,McTaggart DR,Nicholson MR,Semsarian C,Richmond DR,Trent RJ

更新日期：1998-03-01 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

authors： Nasser H,Vera L,Elmaleh-Bergès M,Steindl K,Letard P,Teissier N,Ernault A,Guimiot F,Afenjar A,Moutard ML,Héron D,Alembik Y,Momtchilova M,Milani P,Kubis N,Pouvreau N,Zollino M,Guilmin Crepon S,Kaguelidou F,Gressens P

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because the mitochondrial respiratory chain (RC) is ubiquitous, its deficiency can theoretically give rise to any symptom in any organ or tissue at any age with any mode of inheritance, owing to the twofold genetic origin of respiratory enzyme machinery, that is, nuclear and mitochondrial. Not all respirator...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： de Beaurepaire I,Grévent D,Rio M,Desguerre I,de Lonlay P,Levy R,Dangouloff-Ros V,Bonnefont JP,Barcia G,Funalot B,Besmond C,Metodiev MD,Ruzzenente B,Assouline Z,Munnich A,Rötig A,Boddaert N

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Craniosynostosis (CRS) is a premature closure of calvarial sutures caused by gene mutation or environmental factors or interaction between the two. Only a small proportion of non-syndromic CRS (NSC) patients have a known genetic cause, and thus, it would be meaningful to search for a causative gene disruptio...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Kim J,Won HH,Kim Y,Choi JR,Yu N,Lee KA

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The m.8993T-->C MTATP6 mutation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) usually causes mitochondrial disease in childhood, but was recently described in a family with adult onset ataxia and polyneuropathy. Cytochrome c oxidase muscle histochemistry, which is the standard clinical investigation for mitochondrial disease in adults...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Craig K,Elliott HR,Keers SM,Lambert C,Pyle A,Graves TD,Woodward C,Sweeney MG,Davis MB,Hanna MG,Chinnery PF

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three new mutations in the gene for aldolase B that are associated with hereditary fructose intolerance (HFI). Two nonsense mutations create opal termination codons: R3op (C-->T, Arg3-->ter, exon 2) was found in homozygous form in four affected members of a large consanguineous Turkish pedigree and R59op (C-...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Ali M,Tunçman G,Cross NC,Vidailhet M,Bökesoy I,Gitzelmann R,Cox TM

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A common missense mutation in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene, a C to T substitution at nucleotide 677, is responsible for reduced MTHFR activity and associated with modestly increased plasma homocysteine concentrations. Since underlying maternal vascular disease increases the risk of pre-eclampsi...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Sohda S,Arinami T,Hamada H,Yamada N,Hamaguchi H,Kubo T

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence for linkage has been sought, in four pedigrees with Crouzon syndrome, between polymorphic markers known to be linked to the Saethre-Chotzen locus on 7p and another form of autosomal dominant craniosynostosis on 5q. The data we present exclude Crouzon syndrome as an allelic variant at either of these known cra...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Reardon W,van Herwerden L,Rose C,Jones B,Malcolm S,Winter RM

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a new disorder that we have called genochondromatosis. Four patients from the same family with the characteristic localisation of chondromatosis (clavicle, upper end of humerus, and lower end of femur) were investigated. The favourable course, the dominant transmission, and previous publication of similar ca...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Le Merrer M,Fressinger P,Maroteaux P

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Familial haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) has an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance and consists of at least three subtypes. FHL2 subtype with perforin (PRF1) mutation accounts for 30% of all FHL cases, while FHL with MUNC13-4 mutation was recently identified and designated as FHL3 subtype. OB...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Yamamoto K,Ishii E,Sako M,Ohga S,Furuno K,Suzuki N,Ueda I,Imayoshi M,Yamamoto S,Morimoto A,Takada H,Hara T,Imashuku S,Sasazuki T,Yasukawa M

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：:Fragile X syndrome is the major cause of inherited mental retardation. The molecular basis for the expression of the fragile X phenotype is the expansion of an unstable CGG repeat element which inhibits transcription of the FMR1 gene. The fragile X syndrome shows great diversity in its phenotype as well as in its cyto...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Pintado E,de Diego Y,Hmadcha A,Carrasco M,Sierra J,Lucas M

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family study is presented in which the father of a girl with severe cystic fibrosis (CF) was also found to have CF but was mildly affected. He was diagnosed with three positive sweat tests including one after suppression with fludrocortisone. Genetic analysis showed that he is a compound heterozygote with the delta ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Barreto C,Pinto LM,Duarte A,Lavinha J,Ramsay M

更新日期：1991-06-01 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：:Advances in technology have led to a massive expansion in the capacity for genomic analysis, with a commensurate fall in costs. The clinical indications for genomic testing have evolved markedly; the volume of clinical sequencing has increased dramatically; and the range of clinical professionals involved in the proce...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Garrett A,Callaway A,Durkie M,Cubuk C,Alikian M,Burghel GJ,Robinson R,Izatt L,Talukdar S,Side L,Cranston T,Palmer-Smith S,Baralle D,Berry IR,Drummond J,Wallace AJ,Norbury G,Eccles DM,Ellard S,Lalloo F,Evans DG,W

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fabry disease is characterised by the progressive accumulation of globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) and related glycosphingolipids in vascular endothelial cells. Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) clears this accumulation. We analysed plasma proteome profiles before and after ERT to characterise its molecular pathol...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Heo SH,Kang E,Kim YM,Go H,Kim KY,Jung JY,Kang M,Kim GH,Kim JM,Choi IH,Choi JH,Jung SC,Desnick RJ,Yoo HW,Lee BH

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome analysis of an infant with characteristic features of trisomy 18 is presented. The chromosome complement contained a modal count of 47 but there was only one No. 18. In addition, there were two metacentric chromosomes of different sizes. The two metacentric chromosomes were identified by G- and C-banding to...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Larson LM,Wasdahl WA,Saumur JH,Coleman ML,Jalal SM

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a prominent finding in the setting of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). OBJECTIVE:The present study was designed to compare cystic lung changes consistent with LAM in patients with a TSC1 disease-causing mutation, TSC2 disease-causing mutation, or no mutation identified (NM...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Muzykewicz DA,Sharma A,Muse V,Numis AL,Rajagopal J,Thiele EA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chiasma distribution of bivalents 15 and 16 identified at diakinesis by a quadruple staining technique including DA-DAPI fluorescence has been investigated in two human males. The study has shown that chiasmata are not distributed at random. Both chromosomes have distally localised chiasmata, but in the long arm o...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Saadallah N,Hultén M

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Male infertility is a prevalent issue worldwide, mostly due to the impaired sperm motility. Multiple morphological abnormalities of the sperm flagella (MMAF) present aberrant spermatozoa with absent, short, coiled, bent and irregular-calibre flagella resulting in severely decreased motility. Previous studies...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Li W,Wu H,Li F,Tian S,Kherraf ZE,Zhang J,Ni X,Lv M,Liu C,Tan Q,Shen Y,Amiri-Yekta A,Cazin C,Zhang J,Liu W,Zheng Y,Cheng H,Wu Y,Wang J,Gao Y,Chen Y,Zha X,Jin L,Liu M,He X,Ray PF,Cao Y,Zhang F

更新日期：2020-02-01 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 child with unilateral radial aplasia, asymmetry, other malformations, and severe physical and mental retardation is reported. In blood and bone marrow cultures a low mosaicism for trisomy 22 was found. In a few cells a chromosome 22 was missing. The importance of early cytogenetic analysis on large numbers of cells ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Dulitzky F,Shabtal F,Zlotogora J,Halbrecht I,Elian E

更新日期：1981-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Clinical evaluation of CNVs identified via techniques such as array comparative genome hybridisation (aCGH) involves the inspection of lists of known and unknown duplications and deletions with the goal of distinguishing pathogenic from benign CNVs. A key step in this process is the comparison of the individ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Köhler S,Schoeneberg U,Czeschik JC,Doelken SC,Hehir-Kwa JY,Ibn-Salem J,Mungall CJ,Smedley D,Haendel MA,Robinson PN

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00