Abstract:
:To sibs and an unrelated single patient have a combination of iris coloboma, ptosis, hypertelorism, broad nasal bridge, short stature, and mental retardation. The London Dysmorphology Database was used to determine whether this is a new syndrome.
journal_name
J Med Genetjournal_title
Journal of medical geneticsauthors
Baraitser M,Winter RMdoi
10.1136/jmg.25.1.41subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1988-01-01 00:00:00pages
41-3issue
1eissn
0022-2593issn
1468-6244journal_volume
25pub_type
杂志文章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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2017-104704
更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The features of a child with osteogenesis imperfecta type III (OI III) resulting from the heterozygous substitution of glycine 1006 by alanine in the pro alpha 2(I) chain of type I procollagen were studied. He was born at term with the clinical features of severe OI, including deep grey-blue sclerae. He had severe ost...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.33.3.193
更新日期:1996-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have reviewed all known UK cases of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome. Among 49 cases with proven 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase deficiency, half had been terminated or had died in infancy. The minimum incidence is 1 in 60,000. The frequent occurrence of hypospadias may account for 71% of recognised cases being male. Impo...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.35.7.558
更新日期:1998-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::A girl with mild geroderma osteodysplastica is reported in order to raise the profile of this autosomal recessive condition which may be underdiagnosed. The important signs of this syndrome include a droopy, jowly face with a degree of malar hypoplasia and mandibular prognathism, lax, but non-hyperelastic skin, most m...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.25.12.854
更新日期:1988-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2018-105328
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 2-year-old boy with macrocephaly, communicating hydrocephalus, and mild hepatosplenomegaly was found to have mild Hunter syndrome (MPS II). Establishment of the latter diagnosis was complicated by the paucity of obvious physical findings because of the patient's young age and his ethnic origin. ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.14.6.445
更新日期:1977-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Bazex-Dupre-Christol syndrome (BDCS) is an X linked dominant disorder of the hair follicle characterised by follicular atrophoderma, multiple basal cell carcinomas, hypotrichosis, milia, and localised hypohidrosis. Follicular atrophoderma (FA) are follicular funnel shaped depressions, "ice pick marks", seen most commo...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.33.6.493
更新日期:1996-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A family with an insertional type of chromosome rearrangement involving chromosomes 7 and 13 is reported. An interstitial deletion of a segment of chromosome 7 (7q32 leads to 34) had been inserted into the long arm of chromosome 13 at breakpoint q32. Segregation of this chromosome rearrangement gave rise to three subj...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.16.6.461
更新日期:1979-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Warfarin is a mainstay of therapy for conditions associated with an increased risk of thromboembolic events. However, the use of this common agent is fraught with complications and little is known regarding inter-individual variation in warfarin response. OBJECTIVE:We tested for association between single n...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2005.040410
更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Ubiquitination has a central role in numerous biological processes, including cell development, stress responses and ageing. Perturbed ubiquitination has been implicated in human diseases ranging from cancer to neurodegenerative diseases. SIAH1 encodes a RING-type E3 ubiquitin ligase involved in protein ubiq...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2019-106335
更新日期:2020-05-19 00:00:00
abstract::Genetic linkage studies were performed in 16 British families affected by X linked ocular albinism (XLOA) using RFLPs from the Xp22.3 region. Linkage was confirmed between the XLOA locus (OA1) and the loci DXS143 (dic56; Zmax = 15.90 at theta = 0.0, confidence interval (CI) 0-0.035), DXS85 (782; Zmax = 15.67 at theta ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.29.8.552
更新日期:1992-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Fryns syndrome (FS) is the commonest autosomal recessive syndrome in which congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a cardinal feature. It has been estimated that 10% of patients with CDH have FS. The autosomal recessive inheritance in FS contrasts with the sporadic inheritance for the majority of patients w...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 信件
doi:10.1136/jmg.2004.028787
更新日期:2005-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The AZFc region on the human Y chromosome has been found to be functionally important in spermatogenesis. Complete AZFc deletion is one of the most frequent causes of male infertility and the roles of partial AZFc deletions (gr/gr and b2/b3 deletions) in spermatogenesis are controversial. METHODS:To further...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2007.049056
更新日期:2007-07-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2012-101375
更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) affects 1% of women under 40 years and is a public health problem. The genetic causes of POI are highly heterogeneous with isolated or syndromic forms. Recently, variants in genes involved in DNA repair have been shown to cause POI. Notably, syndromic POI with Fanconi anae...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2019-106672
更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00
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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.32.8.645
更新日期:1995-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The evidence that genetic and immunogenetic influences operate in the causation of pre-eclampsia/eclampsia (gestosis) is reviewed. The problems of definitive diagnosis are discussed along with the possibility of a multifactorial aetiology. The difficulties of differentiating trigger and effector mechanisms are also co...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.13.3.200
更新日期:1976-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::This report describes 7-month-old monozygotic twin female infants with GM1 gangliosidosis type I. In addition to the usual clinical and biochemical abnormalities generalized intracutaneous telangiectasis were present in both infants. ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.14.2.132
更新日期:1977-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Progeroid syndromes are genetic disorders that recapitulate some phenotypes of physiological ageing. Classical progerias, such as Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS), are generally caused by mutations in LMNA leading to accumulation of the toxic protein progerin and consequently, to nuclear envelope ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2015-103695
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::A large body of data on segregating families is used to generate specific recurrence risks conditional on sex and birth order for the best-fitting model of polygenes plus maternal effect. The method is general for diseases of complex inheritance, and lies within the competence of any serious genetic clinic. The questi...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.14.6.408
更新日期:1977-12-01 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
pub_type: 信件
doi:10.1136/jmg.2007.052902
更新日期:2007-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.17.4.257
更新日期:1980-08-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2004.029926
更新日期:2005-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Multiple genes have been provisionally associated with Alzheimer's disease, including the coding polymorphisms in exons 8 and 13 in the low density lipoprotein receptor gene (LDLR), situated on chromosome 19p13.2. METHODS:The sample groups consisted of 180 AD patients and 141 control spouses. We carried out...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2004.024968
更新日期:2005-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Autosomal recessive hereditary spastic paraplegias (AR-HSP) constitute a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative diseases involving pyramidal tracts dysfunction. The genes responsible for many types of AR-HSPs remain unknown. We attempted to identify the gene responsible for AR-HSP with optic atrophy and ne...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2012-101212
更新日期:2012-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles (CFEOM) is a heterogeneous group of disorders that may be associated with other anomalies. The association of a CFEOM syndrome with ulnar hand abnormalities (CFEOM/U) has not been reported to date. OBJECTIVE:To describe a new autosomal recessive syndrome of CFE...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2004.026138
更新日期:2005-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Rett syndrome (RS; MIM 312750) is a severe neurological disorder affecting exclusively females. Its prevalence is about 1 in 10,000 female births, and it is a prominent cause of profound mental handicap in women. RS is caused by mutations in the X-linked methyl CpG-binding protein 2 (MECP2) gene. These mutations were ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/jmg.2007.049452
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Vitamin-B6-dependent epilepsies are a heterogenous group of treatable disorders due to mutations in several genes (ALDH7A1, PNPO, ALPL or ALDH4A1). In neonatal seizures, defects in ALDH7A1 and PNPO explain a major fraction of cases. Very recently biallelic mutations in PROSC were shown to be a novel cause in five fami...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2017-104521
更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Relatively few point mutations have been found in the dystrophin gene and of these only two have been associated with mosaicism. A single base insertion has been identified and quantified in a mother of two sons affected with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. It has been determined that she is a somatic mosaic with the mut...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1999-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:A marker chromosome is defined as a structurally abnormal chromosome that cannot be identified by routine cytogenetics. The risk for phenotypic abnormalities associated with a marker chromosome depends on several factors, including inheritance, mode of ascertainment, chromosomal origin, and the morphology, c...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2005.037887
更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00