Ataxic gait and mental retardation with absence of the paternal chromosome 8 and an idic(8)(p23.3): imprinting effect or nullisomy for distal 8p genes?

abstract：:A case of ring chromosome 15 passed on to the index patient's two children is reported, and possible reasons for the infrequent records of inheritance of ring chromosome are suggested. ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Fujimaki W,Baba K,Tatara K,Umezu R,Kusakawa S,Mashima Y

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coffin-Siris syndrome (CSS) and Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome (NCBRS) are rare intellectual disability/congenital malformation syndromes that represent distinct entities but show considerable clinical overlap. They are caused by mutations in genes encoding members of the BRG1- and BRM-associated factor (BAF) complex. ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Bramswig NC,Lüdecke HJ,Alanay Y,Albrecht B,Barthelmie A,Boduroglu K,Braunholz D,Caliebe A,Chrzanowska KH,Czeschik JC,Endele S,Graf E,Guillén-Navarro E,Kiper PÖ,López-González V,Parenti I,Pozojevic J,Utine GE,Wieland T

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A male patient with mental retardation and typical clinical features of 10p trisomy syndrome was found to have a duplication of the short arm of chromosome 10 attached to the short arm of the Y chromosome. Quantitative evaluation of nine red cell enzymes showed significantly increased activity levels of HK1 and, to a ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Dallapiccola B,Chessa L,Vignetti P,Ferrante E,Gandini E

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Published data on the association between FAS -1,377 G/A polymorphism and cancer risk are inconclusive. To derive a more precise estimation of the relationship, a meta-analysis was performed. A total of 17 studies including 10,564 cases and 12,075 controls were involved in this meta-analysis. Overall, significantly el...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Qiu LX,Shi J,Yuan H,Jiang X,Xue K,Pan HF,Li J,Zheng MH

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heritability, the fraction of phenotypic variation explained by genetic variation, has been estimated for many phenotypes in a range of populations, organisms, and time points. The recent development of efficient genotyping and sequencing technology has led researchers to attempt to identify the genetic variants respo...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Zaitlen N,Kraft P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal analysis from aborted tissue has become an important diagnostic aid. However, the necessary cultures are frequently unsuccessful due to the condition of the aborted tissue. Polyploidy, in particular triploidy, in the conceptus is a common cause of early pregnancy loss and unlike aneuploidy does not appear ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Riekki K,Baillie JE,Nair KK,Dill FJ,Poland BJ,Baillie DL

更新日期：1977-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:As the ability to measure dense genetic markers approaches the limit of the DNA sequence itself, taking advantage of possible clustering of genetic variants in, and around, a gene would benefit genetic association analyses, and likely provide biological insights. The greatest benefit might be realized when multiple ra...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Schaid DJ,Sinnwell JP,McDonnell SK,Thibodeau SN

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytogenetic preparations from oocytes remaining unfertilised after in vitro fertilisation revealed single chromatids (as opposed to whole chromosomes) in 4 out of 38 meiosis II metaphases. In one oocyte, a single chromatid was present in addition to the normal 23,X complement, and in three oocytes, two identical but s...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Angell RR

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytogenetic studies were carried out on 150 oocytes obtained in a human in vitro fertilization (IVF) program. Although all cells lacked signs of fertilization at light microscopy, 46 (30.7%) appeared to show cytological evidence of fertilization. At least one-third of these cells (with development arrested before firs...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Pieters MH,Geraedts JP,Dumoulin JC,Evers JL,Bras M,Kornips FH,Menheere PP

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three children with hyperphenylalaninaemia and hyperphenylalaninaemic mothers are presented. At least one of the affected children was a compound heterozygote for hyperphenylalaninaemia and phenylketonuria. The families were examined by an L-phenylalanine loading test, by direct determination of phenylalanine hydroxyl...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Bartholomé K,Olek K,Trefz F

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A severe form of autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa (arRP) was identified in a large Pakistani family ascertained in the Punjab province of Pakistan. All affected individuals in the family had night blindness in early childhood, early complete loss of useful vision, and typical RP fundus changes plus macular deg...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Zhang Q,Zulfiqar F,Xiao X,Riazuddin SA,Ayyagari R,Sabar F,Caruso R,Sieving PA,Riazuddin S,Hejtmancik JF

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population and family studies have confirmed the existence of a plasma alpha-L-fucosidase polymorphism in humans and the autosomal recessive inheritance of the low activity trait. The frequency of the latter is estimated at 11%. The low activity individuals or variants can also be distinguished by the fact that their ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Willems PJ,Romeo E,Den Tandt WR,Van Elsen AF,Leroy JG

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lines of Blaschko represent a nonrandom developmental pattern of the skin fundamentally differing from the system of dermatomes. Many nevoid skin lesions display an arrangement following these lines. This is a review of case reports providing photographically documented evidence that the lines of Blaschko become m...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Happle R

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal region 17q12-q21 is one of the best-replicated genome-wide association study (GWAS) hits and associated with childhood-onset asthma. However, the mechanism by which the genetic association is restricted to childhood-onset disease is unclear. During childhood, more boys than girls develop asthma. Therefore,...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Naumova AK,Al Tuwaijri A,Morin A,Vaillancourt VT,Madore AM,Berlivet S,Kohan-Ghadr HR,Moussette S,Laprise C

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translocation t(11;22)(q23;q11) is the most common constitutional reciprocal translocation in man. Balanced carriers are phenotypically normal, except for decreased fertility, an increased spontaneous abortion rate and a possible predisposition to breast cancer in some families. Here, we report the high resolution map...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Tapia-Páez I,O'Brien KP,Kost-Alimova M,Sahlén S,Kedra D,Bruder CE,Andersson B,Roe BA,Hu P,Imreh S,Blennow E,Dumanski JP

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although several studies have demonstrated familial aggregation of nonsyndromic cleft palate (CP), the mode of inheritance still remains uncertain. We report the results of complex segregation analysis performed in families of 357 consecutive newborns affected with nonsyndromic CP (i.e., CP not a component feature of ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Clementi M,Tenconi R,Forabosco P,Calzolari E,Milan M

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of 491 patients with femur-fibula-ulna (FFU) complex is presented. The term FFU complex has been proposed for cases in which the femur, fibula and/or ulna show defects, which tend to be associated. These cases are usually sporadic. Some rare anomalies of the arms which are present are particularly frequent in ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Lenz W,Zygulska M,Horst J

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted on the feasibility of isolating genes and pseudogenes that map to chromosome 13 by a hybridization-based approach using a 13-specific library and pools of repeat-free cDNA clones. Five pairs of cDNA and chromosome 13 genomic clones were identified and characterized. Partial or full-length sequenc...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： de Fatima Bonaldo M,Jelenc P,Su L,Lawton L,Yu MT,Warburton D,Soares MB

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five families with at least three generations of members affected with autosomal dominant spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) were studied. HLA typing was carried out and the coded HLA haplotypes were used to calculate the likelihood of linkage using the LIPED computer program. The combined lod scores from these five familie...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Kumar D,Blank CE,Gelsthorpe K

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between trisomy 21 and a high incidence of atrioventricular canal defects (AVCDs) indicates that a locus on chromosome 21 is involved in this congenital heart defect. We have investigated whether a genetic locus on chromosome 21 is also involved in familial nonsyndromic AVCDs. Short tandem repeat polym...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Cousineau AJ,Lauer RM,Pierpont ME,Burns TL,Ardinger RH,Patil SR,Sheffield VC

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) comprise a diverse group of over 400 genetic disorders that result in clinically apparent immune dysfunction. Although PIDs are classically considered as Mendelian disorders with complete penetrance, we now understand that absent or partial clinical disease is often noted in individua...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Gruber C,Bogunovic D

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the polymorphism of hemoglobin in a population of Equatorial Africa, we undertook a prospective study of 146 births at a rural maternity hospital close to Brazzaville (P.R. Congo). This showed among the mothers 31 (22%) carriers of the sickle cell trait (AS), six with delta mutation, and two with ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Lallemant M,Galacteros F,Lallemant-Lecoeur S,Feingold J,Carnevale P,Boukila V,Mouchet J,Rosa J

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently obtained evidence that the locus corresponding to three groups of partial tracheobronchial cDNAs (A = Jer47, B = Jer57, C = Jer58) which mapped to chromosome 11p15 and was given the symbol MUC5 corresponds to two distinct genes which we have provisionally called MUC5B and MUC5AC. Here we describe the ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Pigny P,Pratt WS,Laine A,Leclercq A,Swallow DM,Nguyen VC,Aubert JP,Porchet N

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight unrelated patients with Hunter syndrome were investigated for expression of iduronate-2-sulfatase (IDS) mRNA by reverse transcription (RT) linked to polymerase chain reaction (PCR), or RT-PCR. The entire coding region was studied by amplification of two overlapping segments of 0.7 and 1.1 kb. Seven children with...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Crotty PL,Whitley CB

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve diseases, most with neuropsychiatric features, arise from trinucleotide repeat expansion mutations. Expansion mutations may also cause a number of other disorders, including several additional forms of spinocerebellar ataxia, bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia, and autism. To obtain candiate genes for th...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Margolis RL,Abraham MR,Gatchell SB,Li SH,Kidwai AS,Breschel TS,Stine OC,Callahan C,McInnis MG,Ross CA

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An easy-to-use, simulation-based power calculator (ASP) for linkage analysis using sib-pair designs (concordant or discordant) has been developed and made publicly available via the Internet. The program employs a diallelic model for the trait locus, at which parental/offspring genotypes are simulated, assuming Hardy-...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Krawczak M

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some missense changes are compatible with normal protein function while others compromise essential aspects of protein maturation, specific activity, or stability. For those missense changes that alter function in the intact organism, how likely is it for the mutated protein to retain appreciable residual activity? By...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Sommer SS,Bowie EJ,Ketterling RP,Bottema CD

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the effects of the interaction between genetic polymorphisms and obesity on the risk of hypertriglyceridemia (HTG), two polymorphisms, an SstI polymorphism on the apolipoprotein CIII gene and a HindIII polymorphism on the lipoprotein lipase gene, were analyzed in 339 Chinese subjects with (82 cases in th...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Ko YL,Ko YS,Wu SM,Teng MS,Chen FR,Hsu TS,Chiang CW,Lee YS

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family with five induced and seven spontaneous abortions and no live births is described. Four of the seven spontaneous abortuses were available for cytogenetic examination and three were successfully karyotyped. Their karyotypes were 46,XX; 46,XX/46,XX,t(2;2)(2p2p;2q2q); and 46,XY. The karyotypes of the parents wer...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Ohama K,Kusumi I,Takahara H,Kajii T

更新日期：1978-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Thalassemia, a heterogeneous group of human anemias affecting the expression of beta-globin, is caused by a number of molecular defects. Restriction endonuclease mapping of ethnic populations has revealed many polymorphisms within and around the beta-like globin genes, combinations of which are assigned as haplot...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Beldjord C,Lapouméroulie C,Baird ML,Girot R,Adjrad L,Lenoir G,Benabadji M,Labie D

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00