Trisomy 10p produced by recombination involving maternal inversion inv(10)(pllq26).

abstract：:X chromosome inactivation is widely studied using DNA sequence polymorphisms and DNA methylation as a surrogate measure of inactivation, but the correlation of methylation with inactivation is not perfect. Thus, it may be better to study sequence polymorphisms expressed in the mRNA. A recent paper reported use of a si...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Mortazavi Y,Chopra R,Gordon-Smith EC,Rutherford TR

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described to investigate the inheritance of disease predisposition in cancer families. It is an extension of classic genetic linkage analysis, which enables information on loss of constitutional heterozygosity (LOCH) to be incorporated into the model. This adapted model treats LOCH data as additional obser...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Teare MD,Rohde K,Santibáñez Koref MF

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family of male limited gonadotrophin independent precocious puberty was examined for activating mutation of the LH receptor. A transition of A to G in nucleotide 1733 of the human LH receptor gene was identified in all affected males and in an unaffected carrier female. The mutation was shown by identifying a new re...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Kawate N,Kletter GB,Wilson BE,Netzloff ML,Menon KM

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cole-Carpenter syndrome (CCS) is commonly classified as a rare Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) disorder. This was following the description of two unrelated patients with very similar phenotypes who were subsequently shown to have a heterozygous missense mutation in P4HB. OBJECTIVES:Here, we report a 3-year ol...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Balasubramanian M,Padidela R,Pollitt RC,Bishop NJ,Mughal MZ,Offiah AC,Wagner BE,McCaughey J,Stephens DJ

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:Partial monosomy 10q25.2----qter, detected in a newborn baby with multiple congenital abnormalities, was found to be derived from a balanced maternal translocation t(6;10)(q27;q25.2). The pedigree of six generations of the family is presented. In an extensive cytogenetic study of this family, the chromosome complement...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Brusnický J,van Heerden KM,de Jong G,Cronjé AS,Retief AE

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FALS) has recently been shown to be linked to chromosome 21 markers in a subset of families. However, we were unable to show linkage between FALS and chromosome 21 markers which flank the putative FALS locus in UK families. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： King A,Houlden H,Hardy J,Lane R,Chancellor A,de Belleroche J

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are vascular malformations mostly located within the central nervous system. Most deleterious variants are loss of function mutations in one of the three CCM genes. These genes code for proteins that form a ternary cytosolic complex with CCM2 as a hub. Very few CCM2 mi...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bergametti F,Viot G,Verny C,Brechard MP,Denier C,Labauge P,Petit P,Nouet A,Viallet F,Chaussenot A,Hervé D,Tournier-Lasserve E,Riant F

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heterozygous germline PMS2 variants are responsible for about 5% of Lynch syndrome (LS) but their prevalence is most likely underestimated because of complicated routine screening caused by highly homologous pseudogenes. Consequently, there is limited knowledge on the implication of the PMS2 gene in LS. MET...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Wang Q,Leclerc J,Bougeard G,Olschwang S,Vasseur S,Cassinari K,Boidin D,Lefol C,Naïbo P,Frébourg T,Buisine MP,Baert-Desurmont S,French Consortium of Oncogenetic laboratories for colorectal cancers, Unicancer Cancer Genetic Group (

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of inexpensive high throughput methods to identify individual DNA sequence differences is important to the future growth of medical genetics. This has become increasingly apparent as epidemiologists, pathologists, and clinical geneticists focus more attention on the molecular basis of complex multifact...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Hacia JG,Collins FS

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE) is an autosomal recessive multisystem disorder caused by thymidine phosphorylase (TP) deficiency, resulting in severe gastrointestinal dysmotility and skeletal muscle abnormalities. A patient is reported with a classical MNGIE clinical presentation but with...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Szigeti K,Wong LJ,Perng CL,Saifi GM,Eldin K,Adesina AM,Cass DL,Hirano M,Lupski JR,Scaglia F

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An association between Gaucher disease and Parkinson disease has been demonstrated by the concurrence of Gaucher disease and parkinsonism in rare patients and the identification of glucocerebrosidase mutations in probands with sporadic Parkinson disease. Using a different and complementary approach, we describe 10 unr...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Goker-Alpan O,Schiffmann R,LaMarca ME,Nussbaum RL,McInerney-Leo A,Sidransky E

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first Scottish family with pycnodysostosis is reported. The clinical and radiological findings in the two affected men are recorded. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Mills KL,Johnston AW

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is characterised by hundreds of colorectal adenomas. Endocrine neoplasms have occasionally been reported, as have gastric polyps, which are usually hamartomatous in the fundus of the stomach and adenomatous in the antrum. A 57 year old man with colorectal, gastric, and periampullar...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Kartheuser A,Walon C,West S,Breukel C,Detry R,Gribomont AC,Hamzehloei T,Hoang P,Maiter D,Pringot J,Rahier J,Khan PM,Curtis A,Burn J,Fodde R,Verellen-Dumoulin C

更新日期：1999-01-01 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

authors： Shimazaki H,Takiyama Y,Ishiura H,Sakai C,Matsushima Y,Hatakeyama H,Honda J,Sakoe K,Naoi T,Namekawa M,Fukuda Y,Takahashi Y,Goto J,Tsuji S,Goto Y,Nakano I,Japan Spastic Paraplegia Research Consortium (JASPAC).

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A variety of abnormalities have been demonstrated at chromosome 11p15 in individuals with overgrowth and growth retardation. The identification of these abnormalities is clinically important but often technically difficult. Methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MS-MLPA) is a ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Scott RH,Douglas J,Baskcomb L,Nygren AO,Birch JM,Cole TR,Cormier-Daire V,Eastwood DM,Garcia-Minaur S,Lupunzina P,Tatton-Brown K,Bliek J,Maher ER,Rahman N

更新日期：2008-02-01 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

authors： Ginsburg CM,Long CG

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A majority of cystic fibrosis (CF) genes (70 to 75%) share a single mutation, but the remaining 25 to 30% of defects are accounted for by more than 20 different mutations. One of the less frequent mutations, G551D, has been identified in the CF genes of two sibs and one unrelated adult patient. The adult patient also ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Curtis A,Nelson R,Porteous M,Burn J,Bhattacharya SS

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents the detection of a heterozygous deletion at chromosome 12q14 in three unrelated patients with a similar phenotype consisting of mild mental retardation, failure to thrive in infancy, proportionate short stature and osteopoikilosis as the most characteristic features. In each case, this interstitia...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Menten B,Buysse K,Zahir F,Hellemans J,Hamilton SJ,Costa T,Fagerstrom C,Anadiotis G,Kingsbury D,McGillivray BC,Marra MA,Friedman JM,Speleman F,Mortier G

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult polycystic kidney disease (APKD) is a common genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. Recent reports show that, in some families, the APKD gene shows close genetic linkage to two chromosome 16 specific genetic markers. We have been conducting a genetic linkage study using 29 polymorphic...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Watson ML,Wright AF,Macnicol AM,Allan PL,Clayton JF,Dempster M,Jeremiah SJ,Corney G,Hopkinson DA

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Lynch syndrome is known to cause an increased risk of malignancies, including bowel and endometrial cancers. However, the risk of breast cancer associated with mutations in the mismatch repair (MMR) genes that cause Lynch syndrome is still unclear. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This study assesses the cumulative ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Harkness EF,Barrow E,Newton K,Green K,Clancy T,Lalloo F,Hill J,Evans DG

更新日期：2015-08-01 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

authors： Li T,Lange LA,Li X,Susswein L,Bryant B,Malone R,Lange EM,Huang TY,Stafford DW,Evans JP

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:By using the genetic linkage data between the facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) gene and 57 markers on various autosomes, we have constructed an exclusion map for this disorder. The maximum likelihood location of the FSHD gene and the percentage of the excluded areas on each chromosome are presented here. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Sarfarazi M,Upadhyaya M,Padberg G,Pericak-Vance M,Siddique T,Lucotte G,Lunt P

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A female infant with thanatophoric dysplasia was found to have a de novo translocation involving chromosomes 1 and 10. The chromosome abnormality may represent an important clue in identifying the locus for the candidate gene responsible for this lethal skeletal dysplasia. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Hersh JH,Yen FF,Peiper SC,Barch MJ,Yacoub OA,Voss DH,Roberts JL

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to identify a gene(s) susceptible to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), we conducted a genome-wide association (GWA) study by genotyping 159 patients with IPF and 934 controls for 214 508 tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). We further evaluated selected SNPs in a replication sample set (83 cases and...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Mushiroda T,Wattanapokayakit S,Takahashi A,Nukiwa T,Kudoh S,Ogura T,Taniguchi H,Kubo M,Kamatani N,Nakamura Y,Pirfenidone Clinical Study Group.

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new dicentric X isochromosome i(X)(pter to q2102 to pter) of similar size to a normal X is described in a girl with gonadal dysgenesis. In this non-mosaic case with an X short arm duplication, most of the stigmata associated with Turner's syndrome were absent. This structure was compared with that of six i(Xq) and t...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Daniel A,Saville T,Southall DB

更新日期：1979-08-01 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

authors： Scott JS,Jenkins DM

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two generation family with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is presented in which a family member requested presymptomatic molecular diagnosis. Since the consultand's mother had clinically well defined NF2, he was quoted to be at 50% risk of carrying an NF2 mutation. Mutation screening in the mother did not show the c...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bijlsma EK,Wallace AJ,Evans DG

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocerebroside beta-glucosidase (glucocerebrosidase) activity was determined from peripheral blood lymphocytes and cultured skin fibroblasts of eight full sibs in a French-Canadian family at risk for Gaucher disease, an autosomal recessive sphingolipidosis resulting from deficient glucocerebrosidase activity. The di...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Choy FY

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00