Inheritance of idiopathic torsion dystonia among Jews.

abstract：:MWS is a multiple congenital anomaly syndrome, first clinically delineated by Mowat et al in 1998. Over 45 cases have now been reported. All patients have typical dysmorphic features in association with severe intellectual disability, and nearly all have microcephaly and seizures. Congenital anomalies, including Hirsc...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Mowat DR,Wilson MJ,Goossens M

更新日期：2003-05-01 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：: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：:Three patients with accessory small ring chromosomes derived from chromosome 1 are presented together with additional clinical details and cytogenetic analyses of a previously reported patient. Cytogenetic analysis was undertaken by FISH using a reverse painting probe generated from one of the patients by microdissect...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Callen DF,Eyre H,Fang YY,Guan XY,Veleba A,Martin NJ,McGill J,Haan EA

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Members of two seemingly unrelated kindreds of Arab Moslem origin presented with pronounced early onset spastic paraparesis of upper and lower limbs, mild intellectual disability, kyphosis, pectus carinatum and hypertrichosis. METHODS:The authors performed neurological and developmental examinations on the ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Zivony-Elboum Y,Westbroek W,Kfir N,Savitzki D,Shoval Y,Bloom A,Rod R,Khayat M,Gross B,Samri W,Cohen H,Sonkin V,Freidman T,Geiger D,Fattal-Valevski A,Anikster Y,Waters AM,Kleta R,Falik-Zaccai TC

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In total, 43 patients having short stature syndrome in 37 Yakut families with autosomal recessive prenatal and postnatal nonprogressive growth failure and facial dysmorphism but with normal intelligence have been identified. METHODS:Because Yakuts are considered as a population isolate and the disease is ra...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Maksimova N,Hara K,Miyashia A,Nikolaeva I,Shiga A,Nogovicina A,Sukhomyasova A,Argunov V,Shvedova A,Ikeuchi T,Nishizawa M,Kuwano R,Onodera O

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：: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：:A 13 year old girl was referred with congenital microcephaly, developmental delay, a prominent nose, highly arched palate, and an apparently low set left ear. She was found to have a pericentric inversion of one chromosome 7 and a ring chromosome 8, 46,XX,inv(7) (pter----p22::q11.23----p22::q11.23----qter), r(8) (p23q...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Verma RS,Conte RA,Pitter JH,Luke S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory chain complex I deficiency represents a genetically heterogeneous group of diseases resulting from mutations in mitochondrial or nuclear genes. Mutations have been reported in 13 of the 14 subunits encoding the core of complex I (seven mitochondrial and six nuclear genes) and these result in Leigh or Leigh...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bénit P,Slama A,Cartault F,Giurgea I,Chretien D,Lebon S,Marsac C,Munnich A,Rötig A,Rustin P

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, there have been several molecular studies of trisomic fetuses and liveborns which have examined the parent and meiotic stage of origin of nondisjunction. However, little is known about the possible phenotypic effects of the origin of trisomy. For trisomic spontaneous abortions, no distinct phenotype has been...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Zaragoza MV,Millie E,Redline RW,Hassold TJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new case of trisomy 19q13.2-->qter is described in a male child which was caused by a maternal balanced translocation (13;19)(p13;q13.2). The major clinical features detected in the patient included the following: facial dysmorphism, bilateral coloboma, narrow and hypoplastic nails, cardiac malformations (Fallot's t...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Valerio D,Lavorgna F,Scalona M,Conte A

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder. Due to the various manifestations of TSC and their potential complications, a multidisciplinary care approach is recommended by consensus guidelines. OBJECTIVES:Our study aimed to give a complete description of our TSC adult coh...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Pfirmann P,Aupy J,Jambon E,Idier L,Prezelin-Reydit M,Fermis M,Devillard R,Grenier N,Combe C,Rigothier C

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Placental lead levels were studied in a series of Birmingham births classified by stillbirth, neonatal death, or survival beyond one week. There was an appreciable range of lead levels even in normal births (0.15-3.56 microgram/g) but nevertheless average results showed a pronounced excess of lead in those who failed ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Wibberley DG,Khera AK,Edwards JH,Rushton DI

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that subjects homozygous for a rare silent allele of ADA may experience a severe combined immunodeficiency. By analogy we have investigated the possible relationship of normal ADA polymorphism with some situations, such as reproductive defects and fetomaternal interactions, in which immunological mech...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bottini E,Carapella E,Cataldi L,Nicotra M,Lucarelli P,Lucarini N,Pascone R,Gloria-Bottini F

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-six women fulfilling specific selection criteria were studied for germline mutations in two breast cancer susceptibility genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, using the protein truncation test (PTT). Nine germline mutations were identified, six in BRCA1 and three in BRCA2. Of the six BRCA1 mutations, three have previously be...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Garvin AM,Attenhofer-Haner M,Scott RJ

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an extended family with Li-Fraumeni syndrome characterised by gastric and breast carcinoma, glioma, sarcoma, and leukaemia. This family showed strong evidence of linkage to TP53, and three of four tumours analysed showed loss of the wild type allele. A codon 175 missense mutation was identified in exon 5 in...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Varley JM,McGown G,Thorncroft M,Tricker KJ,Teare MD,Santibanez-Koref MF,Martin J,Birch JM,Evans DG

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we describe two families with variable manifestations of the EEC syndrome. The findings in these families confirm that no symptom is obligatory for the diagnosis of EEC syndrome. In the absence of cleft lip/palate, EEC patients have a characteristic facial morphology with maxillary hypoplasia, short phi...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Fryns JP,Legius E,Dereymaeker AM,Van den Berghe H

更新日期：1990-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Heart-hand syndromes are a heterogeneous group of genetic disorders characterised by the association of congenital cardiac disease and limb deformities. Laminopathies are a group of diseases caused by mutations in the LMNA gene encoding A-type lamins. RESULTS:We report a new LMNA mutation (c.1609-12T>G, IVS...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Renou L,Stora S,Yaou RB,Volk M,Sinkovec M,Demay L,Richard P,Peterlin B,Bonne G

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sensenbrenner syndrome is a heterogeneous ciliopathy that is characterised by skeletal and ectodermal anomalies, accompanied by chronic renal failure, heart defects, liver fibrosis and other features. OBJECTIVE:To identify an additional causative gene in Sensenbrenner syndrome. METHODS:Single nucleotide po...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Arts HH,Bongers EM,Mans DA,van Beersum SE,Oud MM,Bolat E,Spruijt L,Cornelissen EA,Schuurs-Hoeijmakers JH,de Leeuw N,Cormier-Daire V,Brunner HG,Knoers NV,Roepman R

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:DIDMOAD is usually considered an autosomal recessive condition, with wide phenotypic variation, but the possibility of mitochondrial mutations occurring in this condition has been considered. A 19 year old man presented with long standing diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, and grand mal seizures. Further investigations...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Pilz D,Quarrell OW,Jones EW

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-year-old boy with mental and growth retardation is presented; he has a 46,XY,r(10)(p15q26) chromosome complement. Five previously reported cases of ring chromosome 10 were reviewed and compared with the present case in an attempt to delineate a clinical syndrome. Since the first description, identified by Giemsa b...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Nakai H,Adachi M,Katsushima N,Yamazaki N,Sakamoto M,Tada K

更新日期：1983-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Thymine kinase 2 (TK2) is a mitochondrial matrix protein encoded in nuclear DNA and phosphorylates the pyrimidine nucleosides: thymidine and deoxycytidine. Autosomal recessive TK2 mutations cause a spectrum of disease from infantile onset to adult onset manifesting primarily as myopathy. OBJECTIVE:To perfor...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Garone C,Taylor RW,Nascimento A,Poulton J,Fratter C,Domínguez-González C,Evans JC,Loos M,Isohanni P,Suomalainen A,Ram D,Hughes MI,McFarland R,Barca E,Lopez Gomez C,Jayawant S,Thomas ND,Manzur AY,Kleinsteuber K,Marti

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inherited abnormalities of complement are found in ∼60% of patients with atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (aHUS). Such abnormalities are not fully penetrant. In this study, we have estimated the penetrance of the disease in three families with a CFH mutation (c.3643C>G; p. Arg1215Gly) in whom a common li...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Sansbury FH,Cordell HJ,Bingham C,Bromilow G,Nicholls A,Powell R,Shields B,Smyth L,Warwicker P,Strain L,Wilson V,Goodship JA,Goodship TH,Turnpenny PD

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 5α-reductase type 2 (5α-RD2) deficiency caused by mutations in the steroid 5α-reductase 2 (SRD5A2) gene results in variable degrees of undervirilisation in patients with 46,XY disorders of sex development. This study aims to profile the regional distribution and phenotype-genotype characteristics of SRD5...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Gui B,Song Y,Su Z,Luo FH,Chen L,Wang X,Chen R,Yang Y,Wang J,Zhao X,Fan L,Liu X,Wang Y,Chen S,Gong C

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a primary disorder of haem biosynthesis that is chemically characterised by raised urinary porphobilinogen (PBG). A defect in the biochemical pathway at the step of PBG conversion to uroporphyrinogen has been shown to be a result of a partial deficiency of the enzyme uroporphyrino...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Lamon JM,Frykholm BC,Tschudy DP

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases are reported of patients with deletions of chromosome 5q. Both have familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and mild mental retardation. In both, macroscopic polyposis was confined to the proximal colon in adult life (in their thirties) although microscopic adenomatosis was shown in the more distal colon with o...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Hodgson SV,Coonar AS,Hanson PJ,Cottrell S,Scriven PN,Jones T,Hawley PR,Wilkinson ML

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00