A Scottish family with Bazex-Dupré-Christol syndrome: follicular atrophoderma, congenital hypotrichosis, and basal cell carcinoma.

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：: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

authors： Horn N

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is the earliest and most severe inherited retinal degeneration. Isolated forms of LCA frequently result from mutation of the CEP290 gene which is expressed in various ciliated tissues. METHODS:Seven LCA patients with CEP290 mutations were investigated to study otorhinolaryng...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Papon JF,Perrault I,Coste A,Louis B,Gérard X,Hanein S,Fares-Taie L,Gerber S,Defoort-Dhellemmes S,Vojtek AM,Kaplan J,Rozet JM,Escudier E

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5 day old male with bilateral anophthalmos, hypospadias, bifid scrotum, micrognathia, and cleft palate with normal chromosomes is described. There have been two case reports with similar clinical manifestations but associated with interstitial deletion of 14q (q22q23). We propose that either our patient represents a...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Phadke SR,Sharma AK,Agarwal SS

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shortening of the tubular bones of the hands and feet with cone shaped epiphyses is known as peripheral dysostosis and is common to several syndromes including acrodysostosis and Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy (AHO). The underlying defect in AHO is known to be a reduction in bioactivity of the alpha subunit of t...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Wilson LC,Oude Luttikhuis ME,Baraitser M,Kingston HM,Trembath RC

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The high prevalence of tobacco use in some developing nations, including Bangladesh, poses several public health challenges for these populations. Smoking behaviour is determined by genetic and environmental factors; however, the genetic determinants of smoking behaviour have not been previously examined in ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Argos M,Tong L,Pierce BL,Rakibuz-Zaman M,Ahmed A,Islam T,Rahman M,Paul-Brutus R,Rahaman R,Roy S,Jasmine F,Kibriya MG,Ahsan H

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family with juvenile proximal spinal muscular atrophy with dominant inheritance and complete penetrance is reported. The disease occurred in three generations and showed high variations in the age of onset and progression among the affected members. A characteristic feature was the constant involvement of facial nuc...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Cao A,Cainchetti C,Calisti L,Tangheroni W

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tibial pseudarthrosis is associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and there is wide clinical variability of the tibial dysplasia in NF1, suggesting the possibility of genetic modifiers. Double inactivation of NF1 is postulated to be necessary for the development of tibial pseudarthrosis, but tissue or ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Sant DW,Margraf RL,Stevenson DA,Grossmann AH,Viskochil DH,Hanson H,Everitt MD,Rios JJ,Elefteriou F,Hennessey T,Mao R

更新日期：2015-04-01 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

authors： Zhang F,Lu C,Li Z,Xie P,Xia Y,Zhu X,Wu B,Cai X,Wang X,Qian J,Wang X,Jin L

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schneckenbecken dysplasia (SBD) is an autosomal recessive lethal skeletal dysplasia that is classified into the severe spondylodysplastic dysplasias (SSDD) group in the international nosology for skeletal dysplasias. The radiological hallmark of SBD is the snail-like configuration of the hypoplastic iliac bo...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Furuichi T,Kayserili H,Hiraoka S,Nishimura G,Ohashi H,Alanay Y,Lerena JC,Aslanger AD,Koseki H,Cohn DH,Superti-Furga A,Unger S,Ikegawa S

更新日期：2009-08-01 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

authors： Plecko B,Zweier M,Begemann A,Mathis D,Schmitt B,Striano P,Baethmann M,Vari MS,Beccaria F,Zara F,Crowther LM,Joset P,Sticht H,Papuc SM,Rauch A

更新日期：2017-12-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:In clinical settings with fixed resources allocated to predictive genetic testing for high-risk cancer predisposition genes, optimal strategies for mutation screening programmes are critically important. These depend on the mutation spectrum found in the population under consideration and the f...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Simard J,Dumont M,Moisan AM,Gaborieau V,Malouin H,Durocher F,Chiquette J,Plante M,Avard D,Bessette P,Brousseau C,Dorval M,Godard B,Houde L,INHERIT BRCAs.,Joly Y,Lajoie MA,Leblanc G,Lépine J,Lespérance B,Vézina H,

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A common missense mutation in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene, a C to T substitution at nucleotide 677, is responsible for reduced MTHFR activity and associated with modestly increased plasma homocysteine concentrations. Since underlying maternal vascular disease increases the risk of pre-eclampsi...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Sohda S,Arinami T,Hamada H,Yamada N,Hamaguchi H,Kubo T

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Published reports on the sex ratio of spina bifida have been reviewed. With one exception, there seems to be no evidence of variation in the sex ratio of spina bifida. In particular, unlike anencephaly, the sex ratio of spina bifida seems to be unrelated to the prevalence of the malformation: this (M/(M+F)) is of the ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： James WH

更新日期：1979-10-01 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：:DNA from 20 Italian haemophilia B patients was analysed by the Southern blotting technique and hybridisation to a factor IX cDNA probe. A large deletion of factor IX gene was detected in one patient with antibodies to the infused factor; the EcoRI pattern of the other 19 subjects examined was normal. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bernardi F,del Senno L,Barbieri R,Buzzoni D,Gambari R,Marchetti G,Conconi F,Panicucci F,Positano M,Pitruzzello S

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficiency of iduronate-2-sulphatase (IDS) results in the X linked recessive lysosomal storage disorder Hunter syndrome. Determination of carrier status in families affected by this disorder has been performed using a variety of enzymatic tests. None of these tests has proved to be 100% effective at identifying carrie...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Timms KM,Edwards FJ,Belmont JW,Yates JR,Gibbs RA

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The extent which universally common or population-specific alleles can explain between-population variations in phenotypes is unknown. The heritable coronary heart disease risk factor lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) level provides a useful case study of between-population variation, as the aetiology of twofold higher...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Chretien JP,Coresh J,Berthier-Schaad Y,Kao WH,Fink NE,Klag MJ,Marcovina SM,Giaculli F,Smith MW

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ICF syndrome is a rare disorder where patients show undercondensation of the heterochromatic blocks of chromosomes 1, 9, and 16 along with variable immunodeficiency. The undercondensation of the heterochromatic block appears to be restricted to a portion of PHA stimulated T cells. Patients with this syndrome also ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Stacey M,Bennett MS,Hulten M

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：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：:Four studies reported an increasing incidence of pyloric stenosis during the late 1970s from geographically diverse areas of the United Kingdom. It was suggested that the increased incidence might be related to changes in infant feeding practices. We used data from the Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program, ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Lammer EJ,Edmonds LD

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Mutations in SCN1A can cause genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+, inherited missense mutations) or Dravet syndrome (DS, de novo mutations of all types). Although the mutational spectra are distinct, these disorders share major features and 10% of DS patients have an inherited SCN1A mutation. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Depienne C,Trouillard O,Gourfinkel-An I,Saint-Martin C,Bouteiller D,Graber D,Barthez-Carpentier MA,Gautier A,Villeneuve N,Dravet C,Livet MO,Rivier-Ringenbach C,Adam C,Dupont S,Baulac S,Héron D,Nabbout R,Leguern E

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:A family is described in which 2 sibs had similar congenital abnormalities. Chromosome investigation of the mother and another child disclosed they were carriers of a translocation t(18;21)(q21;q22). The karyotype of one of the abnormal infants was determined and was found to be consistent with partial trisomy 18,46,X...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Niazi M,Coleman DV,Saldaña-Garcia P

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mean paternal age at birth of 80 presumed mutant cases of dominant osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) was significantly higher than that of population controls and remained so after adjusting for maternal age. There was also an increase in mean maternal age (not significant) which disappeared after adjusting for paterna...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Carothers AD,McAllion SJ,Paterson CR

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant with congenital chondrodysplasia punctata with a secondary deformation of umbilical cord hernia is reported. The paper discusses deformation syndromes as anomalies due to unusual mechanical or intrinsic factors. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Chandavasu O,Desposito F

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7 year old girl is described with congenital hypoplastic anaemia (Diamond-Blackfan anaemia, DBA) and an apparently balanced reciprocal translocation, 46,XX,t(X;19)(p21;q13). The girl has associated features including short stature, unilateral kidney hypoplasia, and a branchial cyst. Fluorescent in situ hybridisation...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Gustavsson P,Skeppner G,Johansson B,Berg T,Gordon L,Kreuger A,Dahl N

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital chromosome abnormalities are relatively common in our species and among structural abnormalities the most common class is balanced reciprocal translocations. Determining the parental origin of de novo balanced translocations may provide insights into how and when they arise. While there is a gener...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Thomas NS,Morris JK,Baptista J,Ng BL,Crolla JA,Jacobs PA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00