Population genetical aspects of primary congenital glaucoma. I. Incidence, prevalence, gene frequency, and age of onset.

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the most common autosomal recessive disorders in white populations. Significant regional differences in CF mutations among affected individuals have been reported. We have studied the geographic distribution of the relative frequencies of the three most common Dutch CF mutations, deltaF5...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Collée JM,de Vries HG,Scheffer H,Halley DJ,ten Kate LP

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a polymorphic microsatellite (IVS17BCA) in intron 17B of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. It consists of an 11 to 20 CA/GT dinucleotide repeat, located 424 bp from exon 17B. ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Morral N,Girbau E,Zielenski J,Nunes V,Casals T,Tsui LC,Estivill X

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anderson Fabry disease is an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder caused by alpha-galactosidase A deficiency. Hemizygous males and some heterozygous females develop renal failure and cardiovascular complications in early adult life. We have investigated six large UK families to assess the possible linkage of five polym...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： MacDermot KD,Morgan SH,Cheshire JK,Wilson TM

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiological, teratological and genetic data on 134 index patients with omphalocele (79 isolated and 55 multiple ones) and on 134 matched controls born in Hungary 1970-1976 were studied medical records and by retrospective interview. The stillbirth rate and infant mortality are significantly higher, and there i...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Czeizel A,Vitéz M

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five DNA probes known to originate from the region 7q22-q31 were sublocalized by in situ hybridization to metaphase preparations of fibroblasts having besides a normal chromosome 7, a homologue 7 with an apparent interstitial deletion of a large part of band q22. A flow cytometric chromosome analysis confirmed a loss ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： van der Hout AH,van der Veen AY,Aten JA,Buys CH

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Air pollution is recognized as causal factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and is associated with multiple CVD risk factors. Substantial research effort has been invested in understanding the linkages between genetic variation and CVD risk, resulting in over 50 CVD-associated genetic loci. More recently, gene-air p...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Ward-Caviness CK

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of partial trisomy for the distal segment of chromosome 13 are reported. Common clinical features included normal birth weight, postnatal asphyxia, convulsions, severe psychomotor retardation, normal growth, and a distinct pattern of dysmorphias consisting of trigonocephalic head with prominent metopic sut...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Schinzel A,Hayashi K,Schmid W

更新日期：1976-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) deficiency causes a variety of neuromuscular and non-neuromuscular disorders in childhood and adulthood and can theoretically undergo either a nuclear or a mitochondrial (mt) mode of inheritance, making genetic counseling in COX deficiency particularly hazardous. In an attempt to determine t...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Parfait B,Percheron A,Chretien D,Rustin P,Munnich A,Rötig A

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Segregation analysis of informative families for chromosome 6 markers confirmed the map order GLO--Bf--HLA-(B, C)--HLA-A, and, surprisingly, implies that PGM3 is more probably located on the HLA-A than on the HLA-B side of the linkage group. Therefore the map position of PGM3 should be reconsidered, i.e., more informa...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Schunter F,Wernet P,Kömpf J,Bissbort S,Göhler F

更新日期：1978-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of genomic rearrangements involving more than 0.5 kb of the BRCA1 gene has confirmed a more complex mutation spectrum than was initially appreciated. Genomic rearrangements in BRCA1 represent 15% of all mutations in a group of French and American breast and ovarian cancer families and 36% of all mut...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Rohlfs EM,Chung CH,Yang Q,Skrzynia C,Grody WW,Graham ML,Silverman LM

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Turkish family is described with two members suffering from familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy. Their transthyretin genes were examined using the polymerase chain reaction, and both patients possessed the met30 mutation in both of their transthyretin genes. In this family, only individuals who are homozygous for th...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Skare J,Yazici H,Erken E,Dede H,Cohen A,Milunsky A,Skinner M

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dense sets of hundreds of thousands of markers have been developed for genome-wide association studies. These marker sets are also beneficial for linkage analysis of large, deep pedigrees containing distantly related cases. It is impossible to analyse jointly all genotypes in large pedigrees using the Lander-Green Alg...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Thomson R,Quinn S,McKay J,Silver J,Bahlo M,FitzGerald L,Foote S,Dickinson J,Stankovich J

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amplification of the beta-globin gene by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and direct sequencing were used for a fast and reliable identification of the beta-globin variant Hb D Los Angeles and revealed the predicted G----C substitution in codon 121. The same method showed the molecular defect in Hb Presbyterian to ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Schnee J,Aulehla-Scholz C,Eigel A,Horst J

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a Mexican family in which two sibs were identified as "classic" XX males without genital ambiguities. Molecular studies revealed that both patients were negative for several Y sequences, including SRY. A review of familial cases disclosed that this is the first family where a complete male phenotype was obse...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Zenteno JC,López M,Vera C,Méndez JP,Kofman-Alfaro S

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two reciprocal balanced translocations involving chromosomes 2, 9, 12, and 18 were found in the karyotype of a woman with a child showing several congenital malformations at birth. Prenatal cytogenetic diagnosis, performed when a second pregnancy occurred, showed a normal chromosome constitution in the foetus. ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Simoni G,Montali E,Rossella F,Dalprà L,Lo Curto F

更新日期：1979-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Three human chromosome 9-specific cosmid recombinants containing (CA)n microsatellites are described. Three microsatellite loci, D9S970, D9S971, and D9S972, were observed to have heterozygosities of 0.78, 0.84, and 0.82, respectively. Subchromosomal localizations were determined by R-banding and fluorescence in situ h...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Kimmel BS,Miniou P,Robbins SL,Malkowicz SB,Linnenbach AJ

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A C4 variant found in about 5% of the population is described. The fast-moving part of this variant is governed by an allele (Fx) codominant to F. The Fx allele is in very strong linkage disequilibrium with HLA-B17 as the linkage disequilibrium parameter accounted for nearly 100% of the haplotype frequency of B17,Fx. ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Petersen GB,Sørensen IJ,Buskjaer L,Lamm LU

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of a novel CYP2D6 allele from a healthy Caucasian poor metabolizer was achieved by using a previously described polymerase chain reaction/single-strand conformation polymorphism strategy. Among the four point mutations that this allele carries, a missense mutation in exon 1 (212 G-->A or D6-H) seems...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Marez D,Legrand M,Sabbagh N,Lo-Guidice JM,Boone P,Broly F

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatozoa contain highly specialized structural features reflecting unique functions required for fertilization. Among them, the flagellum is a sperm-specific organelle required to generate the motility, which is essential to reach the egg. The flagellum integrity is, therefore, critical for normal sperm function an...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Touré A,Martinez G,Kherraf ZE,Cazin C,Beurois J,Arnoult C,Ray PF,Coutton C

更新日期：2020-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical exome sequencing (CES) has become an increasingly popular diagnostic tool in patients with heterogeneous genetic disorders, especially in those with neurocognitive phenotypes. Utility of CES in consanguineous populations has not yet been determined on a large scale. A clinical cohort of 149 probands from Qata...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Yavarna T,Al-Dewik N,Al-Mureikhi M,Ali R,Al-Mesaifri F,Mahmoud L,Shahbeck N,Lakhani S,AlMulla M,Nawaz Z,Vitazka P,Alkuraya FS,Ben-Omran T

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SNP rs9939609 within the fat mass and obesity associated gene (FTO) is strongly associated with adult body mass index (BMI). However, influences of FTO on longitudinal BMI change from childhood to adulthood have not been examined. Knowledge is limited on FTO, modulating the association between birth weight and longitu...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Mei H,Chen W,Srinivasan SR,Jiang F,Schork N,Murray S,Smith E,So JD,Berenson GS

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To dissect the genetic architecture of sexual dimorphism in obesity-related traits, we evaluated the sex-genotype interaction, sex-specific heritability and genome-wide linkages for seven measurements related to obesity. A total of 1,365 non-diabetic Chinese subjects from the family study of the Stanford Asia-Pacific ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Chiu YF,Chuang LM,Kao HY,Shih KC,Lin MW,Lee WJ,Quertermous T,Curb JD,Chen I,Rodriguez BL,Hsiung CA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unraveling the causes and pathomechanisms of progressive disorders is essential for the development of therapeutic strategies. Here, we identified heterozygous pathogenic missense variants of LMX1A in two families of Dutch origin with progressive nonsyndromic hearing impairment (HI), using whole exome sequencing. One ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Wesdorp M,de Koning Gans PAM,Schraders M,Oostrik J,Huynen MA,Venselaar H,Beynon AJ,van Gaalen J,Piai V,Voermans N,van Rossum MM,Hartel BP,Lelieveld SH,Wiel L,Verbist B,Rotteveel LJ,van Dooren MF,Lichtner P,Kunst HPM,

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red blood cell esterase D (ESD) polymorphism was studied in a French-Canadian population from Quebec city, Canada, by means of high voltage electrophoresis on agarose gel followed, in heterozygotes for ESD 1, by IEF to reveal the possible allele ESD*5. Frequencies of the ESD alleles in 904 unrelated individuals were E...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Couture L,Chagnon M,Allard C,Bouchard C

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and progressive fibrotic lung disorder of unknown etiology and unclear pathogenesis. Matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) is strongly upregulated and may contribute to the abnormal remodeling that characterizes the disease. We conducted a case-control study of 130 IPF pat...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Checa M,Ruiz V,Montaño M,Velázquez-Cruz R,Selman M,Pardo A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsatellite markers RS46 (DXS548) and FRAXAC2 flanking the fragile X mutation, an expansion of a (CGG)n repeat within the FMR-1 gene, were typed in 60 unrelated northern and eastern Finnish fragile X families and in a control population from the same geographical region. A significant difference was found in alleli...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Haataja R,Väisänen ML,Li M,Ryynänen M,Leisti J

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma methylumbelliferyl tetra-N-acetylchitotetraoside hydrolase or chitinase (CHIT) might play a role in degrading the chitin wall of some microorganisms. In about 6% of Caucasian people the enzyme shows pseudodeficiency (defined as very low activity without apparent symptoms). We have mapped this locus by linkage a...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Eiberg H,Den Tandt WR

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular characterization of the alpha-thalassemia mutations present in nine HbH subjects from Cuba was achieved by digestion with Bam HI, Bgl II, and Apa I and hybridization with alpha- and zeta-specific probes. The results show that the molecular basis of the genetic defect is quite homogeneous, all the subjects ca...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Martinez G,Ferreira R,Hernandez A,Di Rienzo A,Felicetti L,Colombo B

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is caused by mutations in LMNA gene encoding lamins A and C. The disease is characterized by early onset joint contractures during childhood associated with humero-peroneal muscular wasting and weakness, and by the development of a cardiac disease in adulthood. Impo...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Granger B,Gueneau L,Drouin-Garraud V,Pedergnana V,Gagnon F,Ben Yaou R,Tezenas du Montcel S,Bonne G

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A male infant with cri du chat syndrome was found to have a deletion of the short arm of No. 5 chromosome and which was due to maternal reciprocal translocation t(5;6)(p13;q27). His elder sister and his grandfather were also identified as the translocation carriers. ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Hashimoto T,Tsukino R,Chiyo H,Furuyama J

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00