Amelogenesis imperfecta in familial hypomagnesaemia and hypercalciuria with nephrocalcinosis caused by CLDN19 gene mutations.

abstract：:Floating-Harbor syndrome (FHS) is a rare human disease characterised by delayed bone mineralisation and growth deficiency, often associated with mental retardation and skeletal and craniofacial abnormalities. FHS was first described at Boston's Floating Hospital 42 years ago, but the causative gene, called Srcap, was ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Messina G,Atterrato MT,Dimitri P

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PurposeThe purpose of this document is to provide guidance for the use of next-generation sequencing (NGS, also known as massively parallel sequencing or MPS) in Canadian clinical genetic laboratories for detection of genetic variants in genomic DNA and mitochondrial DNA for inherited disorders, as well as somatic var...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Hume S,Nelson TN,Speevak M,McCready E,Agatep R,Feilotter H,Parboosingh J,Stavropoulos DJ,Taylor S,Stockley TL,Canadian College of Medical Geneticists (CCMG).

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A register of families with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has been maintained in Wales since 1973. Since 1986 we have attempted to refine carrier status, and when necessary offer prenatal diagnosis, for those at significant risk by using intragenic probes. cDNA probes were included from the beginning of 1988. Thir...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Norman AM,Upadhyaya M,Thomas NS,Roberts K,Harper PS

更新日期：1989-09-01 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：:We describe a child with typical features of the 3-M syndrome who presented with acute hydrocephalus owing to haemorrhage from one of two intracranial cerebral vascular aneurysms. We suggest that other children with this disorder should be screened for similar complications. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Mueller RF,Buckler J,Arthur R,Bonsor G,Dear P,Walters K,Towns GM

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lynch syndrome, an autosomal-dominant disorder characterised by high colorectal and endometrial cancer risks, is caused by inherited mutations in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes. Mutations fully abrogating gene function are unambiguously disease causing. However, missense mutations often have unknown functio...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Wielders EA,Hettinger J,Dekker R,Kets CM,Ligtenberg MJ,Mensenkamp AR,van den Ouweland AM,Prins J,Wagner A,Dinjens WN,Dubbink HJ,van Hest LP,Menko F,Hogervorst F,Verhoef S,te Riele H

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two sibs with features overlapping those of orofaciodigital syndrome type VI (Varadi syndrome). Both presented at birth with oculomotor abnormalities, dysmorphic facial features, and dysgenesis of the cerebellar vermis. There were minimal oral manifestations (high arched palate) in both of them and one had p...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Al-Gazali LI,Sztriha L,Punnose J,Shather W,Nork M

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Consensus clinical diagnostic criteria for neurofibromatosis type I (NF1) include café-au-lait macules and skinfold freckling. The former are frequently the earliest manifestation of NF1, and as such are of particular significance when assessing young children at risk of the condition. A phenotype of predomi...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Burkitt Wright EM,Sach E,Sharif S,Quarrell O,Carroll T,Whitehouse RW,Upadhyaya M,Huson SM,Evans DG

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sequential silver-Giemsa (SG) procedure is presented, initially to stain the p11 and q11 euchromatic bands and subsequently the q12 heterochromatic band of the human Y chromosomes. A three sub-band division of the q11 band can be identified. The same technique differentially stains the secondary constriction of chro...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Goyanes VJ

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have previously described an autosomal recessive syndrome of macrocephaly, multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (MED), and distinctive facies in a large, extended Omani family. The MED observed seems to be part of a larger malformation syndrome, since both craniofacial and central nervous system changes were pre...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bayoumi R,Saar K,Lee YA,Nürnberg G,Reis A,Nur-E-Kamal M,Al-Gazali LI

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:True isochromosomes for Xp probably do not exist in a liveborn. We describe a rare case of complete Xp duplication and retention of the inactivation centre at Xq13. Cytogenetically, it is described as a nonmosaic 46,X,psu idic(X)(q13). Complete duplication of Xpter-->Xq13 was confirmed by banded analysis and FISH prob...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Jalal SM,Dahl R,Erickson L,Zimmerman D,Lindor N

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a life-threatening congenital disorder in which the enteric nervous system is completely missing from the distal gut. Recent studies have shown that miR-4516 markedly inhibits cell migration, and as one of its potential targets, MAPK10 functions as a modifier for developing HSC...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Wang Y,Jiang Q,Chakravarti A,Cai H,Xu Z,Wu W,Gu B,Li L,Cai W

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：:Desbuquois dysplasia is a rare autosomal recessive chondrodysplasia characterised by short stature, joint laxity, facial dysmorphism, a "Swedish key" appearance of the proximal femur, advanced carpal and tarsal bone age, and hand anomalies consisting of phalangeal dislocations and an extra ossification centre distal t...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Faivre L,Le Merrer M,Al-Gazali LI,Ausems MG,Bitoun P,Bacq D,Maroteaux P,Munnich A,Cormier-Daire V

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：:Von Hippel-Lindau disease is an autosomal dominantly inherited familial cancer syndrome predisposing to retinal and central nervous system haemangioblastomas, renal cell carcinoma, and phaeochromocytoma. VHL disease shows variable expression and interfamilial differences in predisposition to phaeochromocytoma. In a pr...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Maher ER,Webster AR,Richards FM,Green JS,Crossey PA,Payne SJ,Moore AT

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linkage analysis of neurofibromatosis was performed using genes on chromosomes 1, 8, 11, and 12. No linkage was found between NF and C-myc, AT 3, IGF-1, PTH, and gamma globin genes. Evidence for linkage was found between C-ets 1, on the long arm of chromosome 11 and NF in two families with a lod score of 1.88 at theta...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Kittur S,Lubs ML,Bauer M,Chakravarti A,Kazazian H

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and haematological findings in 19 Liberians probably homozygous for beta thalassaemia are described. The haemoglobin patterns were similar with Hb F levels in the 30-50% range and a raised level of Hb A2 and, although the clinical severity varied widely, over half the cases were symptomless and even the m...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Willcox MC,Weatherall DJ,Clegg JB

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rare variants in hundreds of genes have been implicated in developmental delay (DD), intellectual disability (ID) and neurobehavioural phenotypes. TNRC6B encodes a protein important for RNA silencing. Heterozygous truncating variants have been reported in three patients from large cohorts with autism, but no...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Granadillo JL,P A Stegmann A,Guo H,Xia K,Angle B,Bontempo K,Ranells JD,Newkirk P,Costin C,Viront J,Stumpel CT,Sinnema M,Panis B,Pfundt R,Krapels IPC,Klaassens M,Nicolai J,Li J,Jiang Y,Marco E,Canton A,Latronico

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infertility affects approximately 15% of couples worldwide with male infertility being responsible for approximately 50% of cases. Although accumulating evidence demonstrates the critical role of the X chromosome in spermatogenesis during the last few decades, the expression patterns and potential impact of ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Lu C,Zhang Y,Qin Y,Xu Q,Zhou R,Cui Y,Zhu Y,Zhang X,Zhang J,Wei X,Wang M,Hang B,Mao JH,Snijders AM,Liu M,Hu Z,Shen H,Zhou Z,Guo X,Wu X,Wang X,Xia Y

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intellectual disability (ID) is a highly heterogeneous condition affecting 2% of the population worldwide. In a field study conducted in a highly inbred area of Northeastern Brazil, we investigated a consanguineous family in which seven adults presented syndromic ID. METHODS:Genome-Wide Human SNP Array 6.0 ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Figueiredo T,Melo US,Pessoa AL,Nobrega PR,Kitajima JP,Correa I,Zatz M,Kok F,Santos S

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here a father and daughter with digital abnormalities, nasolacrimal duct obstruction, and variable alopecia. The father had a cleft lip and palate and the daughter had choanal atresia. We propose they both have the EEC syndrome and show the variable expressivity of this disorder. Choanal atresia has not been...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Christodoulou J,McDougall PN,Sheffield LJ

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A malformed female infant is described. In addition to cardiac, renal, and skeletal (rib) anomalies, severe intrauterine growth retardation and distinct facial dysmorphism were present. The question is raised whether this child represents a new syndrome. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： de Die-Smulders CE,Droog RP,van Dijk M,Fryns JP

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disease associated balanced chromosomal rearrangements (DBCRs), which truncate, delete, or otherwise inactivate specific genes, have been instrumental for positional cloning of many disease genes. A network of cytogenetic laboratories, Mendelian Cytogenetics Network (MCN), has been established to facilitate the identi...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bugge M,Bruun-Petersen G,Brøndum-Nielsen K,Friedrich U,Hansen J,Jensen G,Jensen PK,Kristoffersson U,Lundsteen C,Niebuhr E,Rasmussen KR,Rasmussen K,Tommerup N

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe 14 boys and six girls, including monozygotic twins, with the CHARGE association. All of the children had at least four of the seven major features included in the mnemonic CHARGE and all had ear anomalies or deafness or both and either coloboma or choanal atresia or both. All the boys had evidence of hypog...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Oley CA,Baraitser M,Grant DB

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18 month old girl with dysmorphic features, severe developmental delay, multiple strawberry naevi, and capillary naevi is described. No previous report of a similar association of features has been identified. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Upton CJ,Young ID

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The apolipoprotein E (ApoE) polymorphism has been well studied in the adult human population, in part because the e4 allele is a known risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. Little is known of the distribution of ApoE alleles in newborns, and their association with perinatal brain damage has not been investiga...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Becher JC,Keeling JW,McIntosh N,Wyatt B,Bell J

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A child with the Tel Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome is reported. Although muscle weakness and hypoplasia are reported features of this syndrome, further investigation of muscle function has not previously been carried out. We report a raised creatine kinase and an abnormal electromyogram and muscle biopsy in this syn...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Patton MA,McDermot KD,Lake BD,Baraitser M

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) is a multisystem disease with a prevalence of 1/4000. Variable expression of congenital and later onset features contributes to its under-recognition. Longevity in those surviving childhood is believed to be normal but data are limited. METHODS:We prospectively followed...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bassett AS,Chow EW,Husted J,Hodgkinson KA,Oechslin E,Harris L,Silversides C

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We report here clinical, cytogenetic and molecular data for a pair of monochorionic diamniotic twins with paternal isodisomy for chromosome 19. Both twins presented with dysmorphic features and global developmental delay. This represents, to our knowledge, the first individual human case of paternal uniparen...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Yeung KS,Ho MSP,Lee SL,Kan ASY,Chan KYK,Tang MHY,Mak CCY,Leung GKC,So PL,Pfundt R,Marshall CR,Scherer SW,Choufani S,Weksberg R,Hon-Yin Chung B

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00