Phenotypic and quantitative relationship of red cell acid phosphatase with haemoglobin, haptoglobin, and G6PD phenotypes.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spontaneous read-through of a premature termination codon (PTC) has so far not been observed in patients carrying nonsense mutations. This report describes a patient with junctional epidermolysis bullosa who was expected to die because of compound heterozygous nonsense mutations in the gene LAMA3 (R943X/R115...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Pacho F,Zambruno G,Calabresi V,Kiritsi D,Schneider H

更新日期：2011-09-01 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

authors： Villard L

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PPARgamma, the gamma isoform of a family of peroxisome proliferator activated receptors, plays a key role in adipocyte differentiation. Recently, its broad expression in multiple tissues and several epithelial cancers has been shown. Further, somatic loss of function mutations in PPARgamma have been found in primary c...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Zhou XP,Smith WM,Gimm O,Mueller E,Gao X,Sarraf P,Prior TW,Plass C,von Deimling A,Black PM,Yates AJ,Eng C

更新日期：2000-06-01 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

authors： Craig K,Elliott HR,Keers SM,Lambert C,Pyle A,Graves TD,Woodward C,Sweeney MG,Davis MB,Hanna MG,Chinnery PF

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infantile-onset encephalopathy and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy caused by mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation defects are genetically heterogeneous with defects involving both the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes. OBJECTIVE:To identify the causative genetic defect in two sisters presenting with lethal i...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Spiegel R,Saada A,Flannery PJ,Burté F,Soiferman D,Khayat M,Eisner V,Vladovski E,Taylor RW,Bindoff LA,Shaag A,Mandel H,Schuler-Furman O,Shalev SA,Elpeleg O,Yu-Wai-Man P

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：: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：: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：:VACTERL association is a condition comprising multisystem congenital malformations, causing severe physical disability in affected individuals. It is typically defined by the concurrence of at least three of the following component features: vertebral anomalies (V), anal atresia (A), cardiac malformations (C), tracheo...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Chen Y,Liu Z,Chen J,Zuo Y,Liu S,Chen W,Liu G,Qiu G,Giampietro PF,Wu N,Wu Z

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the 12S rRNA gene of the mitochondrial genome are responsible for maternally inherited non-syndromic hearing loss (NSHL), and for increased susceptibility to the ototoxicity of aminoglycoside antibiotics. Among these mutations, 1555A-->G is the most prevalent in all populations tested so far. Recently, th...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Rodríguez-Ballesteros M,Olarte M,Aguirre LA,Galán F,Galán R,Vallejo LA,Navas C,Villamar M,Moreno-Pelayo MA,Moreno F,del Castillo I

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is characterised by brittle bones and caused by mutations in the type I collagen genes, COL1A1 and COL1A2. We identified a mutation in the carboxyl-terminal propeptide coding region of one COL1A1 allele in an infant who died with an OI phenotype that differed from the usual lethal form and...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Pace JM,Chitayat D,Atkinson M,Wilcox WR,Schwarze U,Byers PH

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:In type I familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) caused by a variant Met30-transthyretin (TTR), genetic anticipation has been reported. To determine whether anticipation of the disease is a true biological phenomenon or the result of ascertainment bias, we compared age at onset of the affected child with that of the af...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Yamamoto K,Ikeda S,Hanyu N,Takeda S,Yanagisawa N

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:There are 23 females known with Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy (DMD or BMD) who have X;autosome translocations that disrupt the X chromosome within band p21. A female with a t(X;4)(p21;q35) translocation was identified prenatally at routine amniocentesis. At birth, she was found to have a raised CK level, consi...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bodrug SE,Roberson JR,Weiss L,Ray PN,Worton RG,Van Dyke DL

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a proband with both a Robertsonian translocation and Turner's syndrome. Study of the parental origin of the X chromosome performed by microsatellite analysis indicates paternal origin of the X chromosome (Xpat). The occurrence of chromosome aberrations as a consequence of interchromosomal interactions is ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Krajinovic M,Ivanovic K,Mestroni L,Diklic V,Nikolis J

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyperparathyroidism is a common endocrinopathy characterised by the formation of parathyroid tumours. In this study, we determine the role of the recently identified gene, HRPT2, in parathyroid tumorigenesis. METHODS:Mutation analysis of HRPT2 was undertaken in 60 parathyroid tumours: five HPT-JT, three FIH...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Howell VM,Haven CJ,Kahnoski K,Khoo SK,Petillo D,Chen J,Fleuren GJ,Robinson BG,Delbridge LW,Philips J,Nelson AE,Krause U,Hammje K,Dralle H,Hoang-Vu C,Gimm O,Marsh DJ,Morreau H,Teh BT

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：: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

authors： Lalouel JM,Morton NE,MacLean CJ,Jackson J

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most useful markers for the prenatal diagnosis of myotonic dystrophy (DM) are APOC2 and CKM, both of which map proximal to DM. In order to produce other markers useful for DM, we have screened genomic DNA libraries constructed from cell line 20XP3542-1-4, which contains 20 to 30 Mb of human material including APOC...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Brook JD,Harley HG,Walsh KV,Rundle SA,Siciliano MJ,Harper PS,Shaw DJ

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) disorders have a high clinical variability, mainly explained by variation of the mutant load across tissues. The high recurrence risk of these serious diseases commonly results in requests from at-risk couples for prenatal diagnosis (PND), based on determination of the mutant load o...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Vachin P,Adda-Herzog E,Chalouhi G,Elie C,Rio M,Rondeau S,Gigarel N,Jabot Hanin F,Monnot S,Borghese R,Bengoa J,Ville Y,Rotig A,Munnich A,Bonnefont JP,Steffann J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the majority of patients, familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is caused by different mutations affecting the well defined low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene. However, 3% of patients in Munich with a clinical diagnosis of FH have a particular mutation in the apolipoprotein B gene causing familial defective...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Schuster H,Rauh G,Gerl C,Keller C,Wolfram G,Zöllner N

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid PCR based assay was used to ascertain the presence of maternal cell contamination (MCC) in amniotic fluid cell cultures and to exclude MCC in cases where cytogenetic analysis was possible only from one primary cell culture. Six 6-carboxyfluorescein (FAM) and three 6-carboxyfluorescein hexachloride (HEX) labell...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Smith GW,Graham CA,Nevin J,Nevin NC

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the coexistence of genetically determined reduced cholinesterase activity and congenital distichiasis in the same family. The pedigree suggests that these two autosomal dominant diseases are segregated independently and do not show evidence of linkage. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Shammas HF,Tabbara KF,der Kaloustian VM

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An association of ocular colobomata and congenital heart disease was observed in seven patients. Two of these were maternal half sisters whose mother also had ocular colobomata. All the patients had normal karyotypes. There was a high incidence of other associated abnormalities involving the central nervous, skeletal,...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Ho CK,Kaufman RL,Podos SM

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is presented of calculating recurrence risks at a disease locus where there is information from flanking marker loci. This method uses output from the computer programme LIPED. Information from carrier detection tests and mutation at the disease locus can be taken into account in certain pedigrees. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Winter RM

更新日期：1985-02-01 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 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：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：:Treacher Collins syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder of facial development, the features of which include conductive hearing loss and cleft palate. In the current investigation, linkage analysis has been used to make first trimester diagnostic predictions in a pregnancy at high risk of producing an affected chi...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Edwards SJ,Fowlie A,Cust MP,Liu DT,Young ID,Dixon MJ

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00