Cystic fibrosis heterozygote detection: a study on a normal population.

abstract：:XLαs, the extra-large isoform of alpha-subunit of the stimulatory guanine nucleotide-binding protein (Gsα), is paternally expressed. The significance of XLαs in humans remains largely unknown. Here, we report a patient who presented with increased bone mass, hypophosphatemia, and elevated parathyroid hormone (PTH) lev...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Chen X,Meng Y,Tang M,Wang Y,Xie Y,Wan S,Tian H,Yu X

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic testing has the potential to guide the prevention and treatment of disease in a variety of settings, and recent technical advances have greatly increased our ability to acquire large amounts of genetic data. The interpretation of this data remains challenging, as the clinical significance of genetic variation ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Eggington JM,Bowles KR,Moyes K,Manley S,Esterling L,Sizemore S,Rosenthal E,Theisen A,Saam J,Arnell C,Pruss D,Bennett J,Burbidge LA,Roa B,Wenstrup RJ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are genetic variations that contribute to human phenotypes associated with various diseases. SNPs are involved in the regulation of a broad range of physiological and pathological processes, such as cellular senescence, apoptosis, inflammation, and immune response, by upregulatin...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Liu X,Han Z,Yang C

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is classified into two types, the demyelinating (CMT1) and axonal forms (CMT2). CMT2 is further subdivided by linkage analysis into eight subgroups. Recently, mutations in the MFN2 gene, which encodes the mitochondrial GTPase mitofusin 2 (Mfn2) that regulates the mitochondrial network...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Cho HJ,Sung DH,Kim BJ,Ki CS

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The logistic regression model is a popular model for data analysis in epidemiological research. In this paper, we use this model to analyze genetic data collected from gene-longevity association studies. This new approach models the probability of observing one genotype as a function of the age of investigated individ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Tan Q,Yashin AI,De Benedictis G,Cintolesi F,Rose G,Bonafe M,Franceschi C,Vach W,Vaupel JW

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first appearance of an autosomal dominant disease in a family is often attributed to new mutation, and the parents may be given a very low risk of recurrence for future offspring. This counseling is not appropriate if penetrance of the disease is incomplete and the reproductive fitness of affected individuals is c...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Friedman JM

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three children with deletions of the terminal portion of the long arm of chromosome 2 [del (2) (q37)] are described and their clinical findings compared to published cases of 2q terminal deletions. Common clinical findings include development delay, macrocephaly, frontal bossing, depressed nasal bridge and cardiac ano...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Conrad B,Dewald G,Christensen E,Lopez M,Higgins J,Pierpont ME

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutis laxa is characterised by redundant, inelastic skin with deep wrinkling and additional variable systemic involvement. Mutations in fibulin-4 (EFEMP2) and fibulin-5 (FBLN5) were described to be causative for autosomal recessive cutis laxa type 1 in a few families each. The female patient was born to healthy consan...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Hoyer J,Kraus C,Hammersen G,Geppert JP,Rauch A

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germline mutations (eg, BRCA1/2) have prognostic and treatment implications for ovarian cancer (OVCA) patients. Thus, national guidelines recommend genetic testing for OVCA patients. The present study examines patterns and predictors of genetics referral in OVCA patients. Electronic medical record data were abstracted...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Mallen AR,Conley CC,Townsend MK,Wells A,Boac BM,Todd S,Gandhi A,Kuznicki M,Augusto BM,McIntyre M,Fridley BL,Tworoger SS,Wenham RM,Vadaparampil ST

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An indirect method for estimating the birth prevalence of the Crouzon syndrome is presented. The fraction of Crouzon syndrome patients in large clinical surveys of all cases of craniosynostosis is calculated and the fractional component obtained is multiplied by the known birth prevalence of craniosynostosis in genera...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Cohen MM Jr,Kreiborg S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a case report on an infant with de novo terminal deletions on the long arm of chromosome 14 and on the short arm of chromosome 20 [46, XX, del(14)(q32)del(20)(p11)]. Examination revealed that the infant had a peculiar face, a cleft and high palate, abnormal dentition, butterfly-like vertebral defects, finger a...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Uehara S,Akai Y,Takeyama Y,Okamura K,Takabayashi T,Yajima A,Natsui M,Nakai H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most relevant phenotypic features seen in both proximal and distal partial trisomy 13 have been identified from a review of 35 cases. Clinical delineation of either proximal or distal partial trisomy 13 has been demonstrated through the use of conspicuous phenotypic differences. The findings of persistent foetal H...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Rogers JF

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a country-wide screening examination in Sweden, PKU was observed in 75 (4.5 per 1,000) and hyperphenylalaninemia in 14 (0.8 per 1,000) of a total of 16,805 patients in institutions for the mentally retarded. In the national neonatal screening program in 1965-1975, which covered nearly 1 million individuals, PKU was...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Holmgren G,Larsson A,Palmstierna H,Alm J

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We provide data on fetal growth pattern on the molecular subtypes of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS): IC1 gain of methylation (IC1-GoM), IC2 loss of methylation (IC2-LoM), 11p15.5 paternal uniparental disomy (UPD), and CDKN1C mutation. In this observational study, gestational ages and neonatal growth parameters of 2...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Mussa A,Russo S,de Crescenzo A,Freschi A,Calzari L,Maitz S,Macchiaiolo M,Molinatto C,Baldassarre G,Mariani M,Tarani L,Bedeschi MF,Milani D,Melis D,Bartuli A,Cubellis MV,Selicorni A,Silengo MC,Larizza L,Riccio A,Fe

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual variant of chromosome 6 was shown to be a dic(6) by use of the chromosome specific alphoid probe, p308. The use of biotinylated repeat probes provides a rapid procedure for the resolution of some cytogenetic abnormalities. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Callen DF,Eyre HJ,Ringenbergs ML

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CDKL5 gene has been implicated in infantile spasms and more recently in a Rett syndrome-like phenotype. We report a case of a young girl presenting generalized convulsions at 10 days of life. Subsequent mutation analysis by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography of MECP2 and CDKL5 genes revealed heteroz...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Nectoux J,Heron D,Tallot M,Chelly J,Bienvenu T

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that the frequency of congenital heart defects (CHD) in children of an affected parent is now three to five times what it was 20 years ago. One conceivable cause of this is that patients with CHD of a severity that would have precluded parenthood before the advent of treatment are now able to (and...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Gold RJ,Rose V,Yau Y

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1994 and 1998, the 23 UK genetics departments, which form the UK Huntington's Disease Consortium, have undertaken 161 direct mutation adult predictive tests on individuals whose at-risk parent was alive or had died without showing signs of Huntington's disease (HD) (5.7% of total UK tests). This study describe...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Benjamin CM,Lashwood A

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report our findings in four cases of metachromatic leukodystrophy diagnosed in Greece during the last 4 years. The age of onset and the clinical symptoms were those described for the late infantile form of the disease. However, one patient retained his speech and mental abilities despite his pronounced motor regres...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Michelakakis H,Dimitriou E,Bartsocas C,Skardoutsou A,Giouroukos S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The canonical wingless (Wnt) and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling pathways involving CTNNB1 and TBX4, respectively, are crucial for the regulation of human development. Perturbations of these pathways and disruptions from biological homeostasis have been associated with abnormal morphogenesis of multiple organ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Karolak JA,Szafranski P,Kilner D,Patel C,Scurry B,Kinning E,Chandler K,Jhangiani SN,Coban Akdemir ZH,Lupski JR,Popek E,Stankiewicz P

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) haplotypes, including HLA-A, -B, -C and -DR and complotypes (BF, C2, C4A and C4B) were determined in a large family with inherited C4 deficiency. The propositus, a 12-year-old girl with complete C4 deficiency and SLE, had the MHC haplotypes HLA-A2,Cw3,-B40,-DR6,BFS,C2C,C4AQO,C4AB...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Sjöholm AG,Kjellman NI,Löw B

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the NPC1 or NPC2 gene are responsible for Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease (OMIM #257220), an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder caused by an incorrect regulation of intracellular lipid trafficking. A molecular analysis carried out in 30 unrelated patients identified 43 dist...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Macías-Vidal J,Rodríguez-Pascau L,Sánchez-Ollé G,Lluch M,Vilageliu L,Grinberg D,Coll MJ,Spanish NPC Working Group.

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a child with partial trisomy of the short arm of chromosome 17, which was characterized by 24-color spectral karyotyping (SKY) and other fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) methods. The child had phenotypic features previously associated with trisomy 17p, including facial characteristics, d...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Morelli SH,Deubler DA,Brothman LJ,Carey JC,Brothman AR

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four independently ascertained children who presented with unusual facies and delayed mental and physical development were found to have a similar deletion of part of the long arm of chromosome 7 (46,XX or XY, del(7)(q32); 46,XX or XY,del(7)(pter leads to q32:)). Comparison of the findings of these four cases with one...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Harris EL,Wappner RS,Palmer CG,Hall B,Dinno N,Seashore MR,Breg WR

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the role of three polymorphic genes of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) as independent risk factors for myocardial infarction (MI) and their correlation with three of the major coronary risk factors: serum cholesterol (CH), hypertension (HT) and smoking (SM). A population of 392 men was genotyped for...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Fernández-Arcás N,Dieguez-Lucena JL,Muñoz-Morán E,Ruiz-Galdón M,Espinosa-Caliani S,Aranda-Lara P,Rius-Diaz F,Gaitán-Arroyo MJ,De Teresa-Galván E,Reyes-Engel A

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This qualitative study explored the impact of genetic risk information from BRCA1/2 testing on individuals' subjective understandings of self and self-identity. In-depth interviews were conducted with 39 participants (34 women and 5 men) who had received test results from BRCA1/2 testing. Themes emerging from qualitat...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： d'Agincourt-Canning L

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population-based genetic screening has been a mainstay of public health in the United States for many years. The goal of genetic screening is to identify individuals at increased risk for treatable diseases. The evolution of genetic testing to include multi-disease panels allows for new screening applications which ch...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Golden-Grant K,Merritt JL 2nd,Scott CR

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and thirty-five survivors of myocardial infarction (MI) were compared to 384 controls with respect to distribution of genotypes and gene frequencies in the A1166C polymorphism at the angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R) locus. No differences in allele frequencies or genotype distribution were observed whe...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Berge KE,Bakken A,Bøhn M,Erikssen J,Berg K

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two patients, a 19-year-old girl and a 19-year-old boy, with mosaic trisomy 18 and pigmentary dysplasias. Both patients had profound growth and mental retardation, marked kyphoscoliosis, bushy eyebrows, bulbous nose, simple ears, and joint contractures - clinical manifestations of long survivors with mosai...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Murano I,Ohashi H,Tsukahara M,Tonoki H,Okino F,Atsumi M,Kajii T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linear growth failure can be caused by many different genetic abnormalities. In many cases, the genetic defect affects not only the growth plate, causing short stature but also other organs/tissues causing additional clinical abnormalities. A 10-year old boy was evaluated for impaired postnatal linear growth (height 1...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Jee YH,Sowada N,Markello TC,Rezvani I,Borck G,Baron J

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00